diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
index b4f3463afee812..684df79c4f8350 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ generators:
   raise an exception inside the generator; the exception is raised by the
   ``yield`` expression where the generator's execution is paused.
 
-* :meth:`~generator.close` raises a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception inside the
+* :meth:`~generator.close` sends a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception inside the
   generator to terminate the iteration.  On receiving this exception, the
   generator's code must either raise :exc:`GeneratorExit` or
   :exc:`StopIteration`; catching the exception and doing anything else is
diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index 2a550b504ca765..690207b07fd5ee 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -625,8 +625,9 @@ is already executing raises a :exc:`ValueError` exception.
 
 .. method:: generator.close()
 
-   Raises a :exc:`GeneratorExit` at the point where the generator function was
-   paused.  If the generator function catches the exception and returns a
+   Sends a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception to the generator at the point where 
+   the generator function was paused.  If the generator function catches the 
+   exception and returns a
    value, this value is returned from :meth:`close`.  If the generator function
    is already closed, or raises :exc:`GeneratorExit` (by not catching the
    exception), :meth:`close` returns :const:`None`.  If the generator yields a