diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 8bbebc9be3a..cf9e0f021ce 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1452,11 +1452,18 @@ def pipepager(text, cmd):
     import subprocess
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
     try:
-        with proc:
-            with io.TextIOWrapper(proc.stdin, errors='backslashreplace') as pipe:
-                pipe.write(text)
+        with io.TextIOWrapper(proc.stdin, errors='backslashreplace') as pipe:
+            pipe.write(text)
     except OSError:
         pass # Ignore broken pipes caused by quitting the pager program.
+    while True:
+        try:
+            proc.wait()
+            break
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            # Ignore ctl-c like the pager itself does.  Otherwise the pager is
+            # left running and the terminal is in raw mode and unusable.
+            pass
 
 def tempfilepager(text, cmd):
     """Page through text by invoking a program on a temporary file."""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c6b5e1ccbff..9852102f903 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #23792: Ignore KeyboardInterrupt when the pydoc pager is active.
+  This mimics the behavior of the standard unix pagers, and prevents
+  pipepager from shutting down while the pager itself is still running.
+
 - Issue #23742: ntpath.expandvars() no longer loses unbalanced single quotes.
 
 - Issue #21802: The reader in BufferedRWPair now is closed even when closing