diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
index d547ef7fccc..300cbd14e93 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
@@ -165,14 +165,11 @@ exception type.
 The except clause may specify a variable after the exception name (or tuple).
 The variable is bound to an exception instance with the arguments stored in
 ``instance.args``.  For convenience, the exception instance defines
-:meth:`__getitem__` and :meth:`__str__` so the arguments can be accessed or
-printed directly without having to reference ``.args``.
+:meth:`__str__` so the arguments can be printed directly without having to
+reference ``.args``.
 
-But use of ``.args`` is discouraged.  Instead, the preferred use is to pass a
-single argument to an exception (which can be a tuple if multiple arguments are
-needed) and have it bound to the ``message`` attribute.  One may also
-instantiate an exception first before raising it and add any attributes to it as
-desired. ::
+One may also instantiate an exception first before raising it and add any
+attributes to it as desired. ::
 
    >>> try:
    ...    raise Exception('spam', 'eggs')
@@ -288,28 +285,28 @@ to create specific exception classes for different error conditions::
        """Exception raised for errors in the input.
 
        Attributes:
-           expression -- input expression in which the error occurred
-           message -- explanation of the error
+           expr -- input expression in which the error occurred
+           msg  -- explanation of the error
        """
 
-       def __init__(self, expression, message):
-           self.expression = expression
-           self.message = message
+       def __init__(self, expr, msg):
+           self.expr = expr
+           self.msg = msg
 
    class TransitionError(Error):
        """Raised when an operation attempts a state transition that's not
        allowed.
 
        Attributes:
-           previous -- state at beginning of transition
+           prev -- state at beginning of transition
            next -- attempted new state
-           message -- explanation of why the specific transition is not allowed
+           msg  -- explanation of why the specific transition is not allowed
        """
 
-       def __init__(self, previous, next, message):
-           self.previous = previous
+       def __init__(self, prev, next, msg):
+           self.prev = prev
            self.next = next
-           self.message = message
+           self.msg = msg
 
 Most exceptions are defined with names that end in "Error," similar to the
 naming of the standard exceptions.