#11669: rephrase footnote in the Compound Statements page.
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index d261574..8151a0a 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@
.. rubric:: Footnotes
-.. [#] The exception is propagated to the invocation stack only if there is no
- :keyword:`finally` clause that negates the exception.
+.. [#] The exception is propagated to the invocation stack unless
+ there is a :keyword:`finally` clause which happens to raise another
+ exception. That new exception causes the old one to be lost.
.. [#] Currently, control "flows off the end" except in the case of an exception
or the execution of a :keyword:`return`, :keyword:`continue`, or