From: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:35:26 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Clarify ValueError's broad applicability (GH-8313)
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Clarify ValueError's broad applicability (GH-8313)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 42b99cc47e05..e33b88673f75 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
 
 .. exception:: ValueError
 
-   Raised when a built-in operation or function receives an argument that has the
+   Raised when an operation or function receives an argument that has the
    right type but an inappropriate value, and the situation is not described by a
    more precise exception such as :exc:`IndexError`.