diff --git a/Lib/test/test_baseexception.py b/Lib/test/test_baseexception.py
index a73711c416..e19162a6ab 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_baseexception.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_baseexception.py
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ def test_inheritance(self):
         finally:
             inheritance_tree.close()
 
+        # Underscore-prefixed (private) exceptions don't need to be documented
+        exc_set = set(e for e in exc_set if not e.startswith('_'))
         # RUSTPYTHON specific
         exc_set.discard("JitError")
-
         self.assertEqual(len(exc_set), 0, "%s not accounted for" % exc_set)
 
     interface_tests = ("length", "args", "str", "repr")
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ class Value(str):
 
         d[HashThisKeyWillClearTheDict()] = Value()  # refcount of Value() is 1 now
 
-        # Exception.__setstate__ should aquire a strong reference of key and
+        # Exception.__setstate__ should acquire a strong reference of key and
         # value in the dict. Otherwise, Value()'s refcount would go below
         # zero in the tp_hash call in PyObject_SetAttr(), and it would cause
         # crash in GC.