[Python-checkins] gh-103590: mention that the change is included in 3.11.4 and clarify except* documentation (#104095)

[iritkatriel]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9f9e001ab2ab67acdb2e0383a25ab4c164608a47
commit: 9f9e001ab2ab67acdb2e0383a25ab4c164608a47
branch: main
author: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: iritkatriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2023-05-03T21:55:19+01:00
summary:

gh-103590: mention that the change is included in 3.11.4 and clarify except* documentation (#104095)

files:
M Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index f0a8936c35bf..0731589e4cad 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -362,8 +362,10 @@ one :keyword:`!except*` clause, the first that matches it. ::
 
 
 Any remaining exceptions that were not handled by any :keyword:`!except*`
-clause are re-raised at the end, combined into an exception group along with
-all exceptions that were raised from within :keyword:`!except*` clauses.
+clause are re-raised at the end, along with all exceptions that were
+raised from within the :keyword:`!except*` clauses. If this list contains
+more than one exception to reraise, they are combined into an exception
+group.
 
 If the raised exception is not an exception group and its type matches
 one of the :keyword:`!except*` clauses, it is caught and wrapped by an
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 94b44ed9ce09..49f9bd28248d 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ Other Language Changes
 
 * When a ``try-except*`` construct handles the entire :exc:`ExceptionGroup`
   and raises one other exception, that exception is no longer wrapped in an
-  :exc:`ExceptionGroup`. (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`103590`.)
+  :exc:`ExceptionGroup`. Also changed in version 3.11.4. (Contributed by Irit
+  Katriel in :gh:`103590`.)
 
 
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