diff --git a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst
index 6dd0765bd33..9d8a1b0e354 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ behave slightly differently from real Capsules.  Specifically:
 
   * :c:func:`PyCapsule_GetName` always returns NULL.
 
-  * :c:func:`PyCapsule_SetName` always throws an exception and
+  * :c:func:`PyCapsule_SetName` always raises an exception and
     returns failure.  (Since there's no way to store a name
     in a CObject, noisy failure of :c:func:`PyCapsule_SetName`
     was deemed preferable to silent failure here.  If this is
diff --git a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
index ed9ebb8ec1e..41dfded4b5d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Functions and classes provided:
           files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames]
           # All opened files will automatically be closed at the end of
           # the with statement, even if attempts to open files later
-          # in the list throw an exception
+          # in the list raise an exception
 
    Each instance maintains a stack of registered callbacks that are called in
    reverse order when the instance is closed (either explicitly or implicitly
diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
index fefb28493ea..626f66188dd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ There's also a subclass for secure connections:
    :class:`ssl.SSLContext` object which allows bundling SSL configuration
    options, certificates and private keys into a single (potentially long-lived)
    structure. Note that the *keyfile*/*certfile* parameters are mutually exclusive with *ssl_context*,
-   a :class:`ValueError` is thrown if *keyfile*/*certfile* is provided along with *ssl_context*.
+   a :class:`ValueError` is raised if *keyfile*/*certfile* is provided along with *ssl_context*.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
       *ssl_context* parameter added.
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 722f7da96a7..027ad7090ee 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ Querying the size of a terminal
    output) specifies which file descriptor should be queried.
 
    If the file descriptor is not connected to a terminal, an :exc:`OSError`
-   is thrown.
+   is raised.
 
    :func:`shutil.get_terminal_size` is the high-level function which
    should normally be used, ``os.get_terminal_size`` is the low-level
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ features:
    :mod:`os` module permit use of their *dir_fd* parameter.  Different platforms
    provide different functionality, and an option that might work on one might
    be unsupported on another.  For consistency's sakes, functions that support
-   *dir_fd* always allow specifying the parameter, but will throw an exception
+   *dir_fd* always allow specifying the parameter, but will raise an exception
    if the functionality is not actually available.
 
    To check whether a particular function permits use of its *dir_fd*
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ features:
    descriptor.  Different platforms provide different functionality, and an
    option that might work on one might be unsupported on another.  For
    consistency's sakes, functions that support *fd* always allow specifying
-   the parameter, but will throw an exception if the functionality is not
+   the parameter, but will raise an exception if the functionality is not
    actually available.
 
    To check whether a particular function permits specifying an open file
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ features:
    platforms provide different functionality, and an option that might work on
    one might be unsupported on another.  For consistency's sakes, functions that
    support *follow_symlinks* always allow specifying the parameter, but will
-   throw an exception if the functionality is not actually available.
+   raise an exception if the functionality is not actually available.
 
    To check whether a particular function permits use of its *follow_symlinks*
    parameter, use the ``in`` operator on ``supports_follow_symlinks``.  As an
diff --git a/Lib/asyncore.py b/Lib/asyncore.py
index 2cac88b948e..909d9f605de 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncore.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncore.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class dispatcher:
             else:
                 return data
         except socket.error as why:
-            # winsock sometimes throws ENOTCONN
+            # winsock sometimes raises ENOTCONN
             if why.args[0] in _DISCONNECTED:
                 self.handle_close()
                 return b''
diff --git a/Lib/contextlib.py b/Lib/contextlib.py
index bde2feb68e3..0b6bf71b08c 100644
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class ExitStack(object):
             files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames]
             # All opened files will automatically be closed at the end of
             # the with statement, even if attempts to open files later
-            # in the list throw an exception
+            # in the list raise an exception
 
     """
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
index 5fa1ca10d47..301d43d20c0 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class msvc9compilerTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
                             unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_no_compiler(self):
-        # makes sure query_vcvarsall throws
+        # makes sure query_vcvarsall raises
         # a DistutilsPlatformError if the compiler
         # is not found
         from distutils.msvc9compiler import query_vcvarsall
diff --git a/Lib/email/feedparser.py b/Lib/email/feedparser.py
index 56f50dff6d2..ea41e9571df 100644
--- a/Lib/email/feedparser.py
+++ b/Lib/email/feedparser.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parser.  It returns when there's nothing more it can do with the available
 data.  When you have no more data to push into the parser, call .close().
 This completes the parsing and returns the root message object.
 
-The other advantage of this parser is that it will never throw a parsing
+The other advantage of this parser is that it will never raise a parsing
 exception.  Instead, when it finds something unexpected, it adds a 'defect' to
 the current message.  Defects are just instances that live on the message
 object's .defects attribute.
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class FeedParser:
         # supposed to see in the body of the message.
         self._parse_headers(headers)
         # Headers-only parsing is a backwards compatibility hack, which was
-        # necessary in the older parser, which could throw errors.  All
+        # necessary in the older parser, which could raise errors.  All
         # remaining lines in the input are thrown into the message body.
         if self._headersonly:
             lines = []
diff --git a/Lib/email/header.py b/Lib/email/header.py
index a89219df9d9..5bd06380cee 100644
--- a/Lib/email/header.py
+++ b/Lib/email/header.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class Header:
             else:
                 s = s.decode(input_charset, errors)
         # Ensure that the bytes we're storing can be decoded to the output
-        # character set, otherwise an early error is thrown.
+        # character set, otherwise an early error is raised.
         output_charset = charset.output_codec or 'us-ascii'
         if output_charset != _charset.UNKNOWN8BIT:
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/email/utils.py b/Lib/email/utils.py
index 6b6d7f44744..93a625c8b44 100644
--- a/Lib/email/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/email/utils.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def formataddr(pair, charset='utf-8'):
     'utf-8'.
     """
     name, address = pair
-    # The address MUST (per RFC) be ascii, so throw a UnicodeError if it isn't.
+    # The address MUST (per RFC) be ascii, so raise an UnicodeError if it isn't.
     address.encode('ascii')
     if name:
         try:
diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index e16fb957b0a..3f8c65a98b2 100644
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ if HAVE_SSL:
                 ssl_context - a SSLContext object that contains your certificate chain
                               and private key (default: None)
                 Note: if ssl_context is provided, then parameters keyfile or
-                certfile should not be set otherwise ValueError is thrown.
+                certfile should not be set otherwise ValueError is raised.
 
         for more documentation see the docstring of the parent class IMAP4.
         """
diff --git a/Lib/io.py b/Lib/io.py
index cfb70acb64a..bda4def3da2 100644
--- a/Lib/io.py
+++ b/Lib/io.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ builtin open function is defined in this module.
 At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class IOBase. It
 defines the basic interface to a stream. Note, however, that there is no
 separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are
-allowed to throw an IOError if they do not support a given operation.
+allowed to raise an IOError if they do not support a given operation.
 
 Extending IOBase is RawIOBase which deals simply with the reading and
 writing of raw bytes to a stream. FileIO subclasses RawIOBase to provide
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index e79018f5be2..591f45b5361 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ class Logger(Filterer):
         """
         sinfo = None
         if _srcfile:
-            #IronPython doesn't track Python frames, so findCaller throws an
+            #IronPython doesn't track Python frames, so findCaller raises an
             #exception on some versions of IronPython. We trap it here so that
             #IronPython can use logging.
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
index 7495813c9a8..72385a8fa3b 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def _exit_function(info=info, debug=debug, _run_finalizers=_run_finalizers,
 
         if current_process() is not None:
             # We check if the current process is None here because if
-            # it's None, any call to ``active_children()`` will throw
+            # it's None, any call to ``active_children()`` will raise
             # an AttributeError (active_children winds up trying to
             # get attributes from util._current_process).  One
             # situation where this can happen is if someone has
diff --git a/Lib/pkgutil.py b/Lib/pkgutil.py
index 8bdeb32e818..2c8a31b41d6 100644
--- a/Lib/pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/pkgutil.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def find_loader(fullname):
         return importlib.find_loader(fullname, path)
     except (ImportError, AttributeError, TypeError, ValueError) as ex:
         # This hack fixes an impedance mismatch between pkgutil and
-        # importlib, where the latter throws other errors for cases where
+        # importlib, where the latter raises other errors for cases where
         # pkgutil previously threw ImportError
         msg = "Error while finding loader for {!r} ({}: {})"
         raise ImportError(msg.format(fullname, type(ex), ex)) from ex
diff --git a/Lib/tempfile.py b/Lib/tempfile.py
index 39ebf5a943e..47c60f48b28 100644
--- a/Lib/tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tempfile.py
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ class TemporaryDirectory(object):
 
     def __init__(self, suffix="", prefix=template, dir=None):
         self._closed = False
-        self.name = None # Handle mkdtemp throwing an exception
+        self.name = None # Handle mkdtemp raising an exception
         self.name = mkdtemp(suffix, prefix, dir)
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_codeop.py b/Lib/test/test_codeop.py
index d0962936489..b65423b34cd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_codeop.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_codeop.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CodeopTests(unittest.TestCase):
         '''succeed iff str is the start of an invalid piece of code'''
         try:
             compile_command(str,symbol=symbol)
-            self.fail("No exception thrown for invalid code")
+            self.fail("No exception raised for invalid code")
         except SyntaxError:
             self.assertTrue(is_syntax)
         except OverflowError:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
index 60a69dd91fa..d6ca45847ec 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class DocXMLRPCHTTPGETServer(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status, 200)
         self.assertEqual(response.getheader("Content-type"), "text/html")
 
-        # Server throws an exception if we don't start to read the data
+        # Server raises an exception if we don't start to read the data
         response.read()
 
     def test_invalid_get_response(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py b/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py
index 512bba9c3a2..06776de8bee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class SimpleIMAPHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
                         return
                     line += part
                 except IOError:
-                    # ..but SSLSockets throw exceptions.
+                    # ..but SSLSockets raise exceptions.
                     return
                 if line.endswith(b'\r\n'):
                     break
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
index 0427ba38d84..5867b2dcba2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ class MinidomTest(unittest.TestCase):
             '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>'
             '<foo>\u20ac</foo>'.encode('utf-16'))
 
-        # Verify that character decoding errors throw exceptions instead
+        # Verify that character decoding errors raise exceptions instead
         # of crashing
         self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, parseString,
                 b'<fran\xe7ais>Comment \xe7a va ? Tr\xe8s bien ?</fran\xe7ais>')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 13a2b381c51..ede5f3fb2de 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -202,33 +202,33 @@ class StatAttributeTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         try:
             result[200]
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except IndexError:
             pass
 
         # Make sure that assignment fails
         try:
             result.st_mode = 1
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
         try:
             result.st_rdev = 1
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except (AttributeError, TypeError):
             pass
 
         try:
             result.parrot = 1
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
         # Use the stat_result constructor with a too-short tuple.
         try:
             result2 = os.stat_result((10,))
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except TypeError:
             pass
 
@@ -273,20 +273,20 @@ class StatAttributeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # Make sure that assignment really fails
         try:
             result.f_bfree = 1
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
         try:
             result.parrot = 1
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
         # Use the constructor with a too-short tuple.
         try:
             result2 = os.statvfs_result((10,))
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except TypeError:
             pass
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index 4ad735055d0..f4e8aba1b32 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ class PosixTester(unittest.TestCase):
             posix.rename(support.TESTFN + 'ren', support.TESTFN)
             raise
         else:
-            posix.stat(support.TESTFN) # should not throw exception
+            posix.stat(support.TESTFN) # should not raise exception
         finally:
             posix.close(f)
 
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ class PosixTester(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_unlink_dir_fd(self):
         f = posix.open(posix.getcwd(), posix.O_RDONLY)
         support.create_empty_file(support.TESTFN + 'del')
-        posix.stat(support.TESTFN + 'del') # should not throw exception
+        posix.stat(support.TESTFN + 'del') # should not raise exception
         try:
             posix.unlink(support.TESTFN + 'del', dir_fd=f)
         except:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pty.py b/Lib/test/test_pty.py
index ef95268e19e..29297f8841d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pty.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pty.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class PtyTest(unittest.TestCase):
             # platform-dependent amount of data is written to its fd.  On
             # Linux 2.6, it's 4000 bytes and the child won't block, but on OS
             # X even the small writes in the child above will block it.  Also
-            # on Linux, the read() will throw an OSError (input/output error)
+            # on Linux, the read() will raise an OSError (input/output error)
             # when it tries to read past the end of the buffer but the child's
             # already exited, so catch and discard those exceptions.  It's not
             # worth checking for EIO.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
index 8e00889ef5e..7bb30cd1d2c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class XmlgenTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_5027_1(self):
         # The xml prefix (as in xml:lang below) is reserved and bound by
         # definition to http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace.  XMLGenerator had
-        # a bug whereby a KeyError is thrown because this namespace is missing
+        # a bug whereby a KeyError is raised because this namespace is missing
         # from a dictionary.
         #
         # This test demonstrates the bug by parsing a document.
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class XmlgenTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_5027_2(self):
         # The xml prefix (as in xml:lang below) is reserved and bound by
         # definition to http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace.  XMLGenerator had
-        # a bug whereby a KeyError is thrown because this namespace is missing
+        # a bug whereby a KeyError is raised because this namespace is missing
         # from a dictionary.
         #
         # This test demonstrates the bug by direct manipulation of the
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
index 6be259bdb93..e87900a086d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class InterProcessSignalTests(unittest.TestCase):
             # This wait should be interrupted by the signal's exception.
             self.wait(child)
             time.sleep(1)  # Give the signal time to be delivered.
-            self.fail('HandlerBCalled exception not thrown')
+            self.fail('HandlerBCalled exception not raised')
         except HandlerBCalled:
             self.assertTrue(self.b_called)
             self.assertFalse(self.a_called)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class InterProcessSignalTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # test-running process from all the signals. It then
         # communicates with that child process over a pipe and
         # re-raises information about any exceptions the child
-        # throws. The real work happens in self.run_test().
+        # raises. The real work happens in self.run_test().
         os_done_r, os_done_w = os.pipe()
         with closing(os.fdopen(os_done_r, 'rb')) as done_r, \
              closing(os.fdopen(os_done_w, 'wb')) as done_w:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
index 353f8ff3d4d..464057e19fb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS:
 def simple_subprocess(testcase):
     pid = os.fork()
     if pid == 0:
-        # Don't throw an exception; it would be caught by the test harness.
+        # Don't raise an exception; it would be caught by the test harness.
         os._exit(72)
     yield None
     pid2, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py b/Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py
index fdf958ce24f..63ae1b7180f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys_settrace.py
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class RaisingTraceFuncTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 except ValueError:
                     pass
                 else:
-                    self.fail("exception not thrown!")
+                    self.fail("exception not raised!")
         except RuntimeError:
             self.fail("recursion counter not reset")
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index 63e14530ebf..da0f555d916 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TimeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_strptime(self):
         # Should be able to go round-trip from strftime to strptime without
-        # throwing an exception.
+        # raising an exception.
         tt = time.gmtime(self.t)
         for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'H', 'I',
                           'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S',
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_uu.py b/Lib/test/test_uu.py
index d6875c548c8..cbf6724fd2d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_uu.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_uu.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class UUTest(unittest.TestCase):
         out = io.BytesIO()
         try:
             uu.decode(inp, out)
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except uu.Error as e:
             self.assertEqual(str(e), "Truncated input file")
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class UUTest(unittest.TestCase):
         out = io.BytesIO()
         try:
             uu.decode(inp, out)
-            self.fail("No exception thrown")
+            self.fail("No exception raised")
         except uu.Error as e:
             self.assertEqual(str(e), "No valid begin line found in input file")
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_winreg.py b/Lib/test/test_winreg.py
index 55163c98bff..918b312871e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_winreg.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_winreg.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class LocalWinregTests(BaseWinregTests):
 
     def test_changing_value(self):
         # Issue2810: A race condition in 2.6 and 3.1 may cause
-        # EnumValue or QueryValue to throw "WindowsError: More data is
+        # EnumValue or QueryValue to raise "WindowsError: More data is
         # available"
         done = False
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class LocalWinregTests(BaseWinregTests):
 
     def test_dynamic_key(self):
         # Issue2810, when the value is dynamically generated, these
-        # throw "WindowsError: More data is available" in 2.6 and 3.1
+        # raise "WindowsError: More data is available" in 2.6 and 3.1
         try:
             EnumValue(HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA, 0)
         except OSError as e:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
index 2e52c6834ba..ac6983f135c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ class OtherTests(unittest.TestCase):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(data, mode="w") as zipf:
             zipf.writestr("foo.txt", "O, for a Muse of Fire!")
 
-        # This is correct; calling .read on a closed ZipFile should throw
+        # This is correct; calling .read on a closed ZipFile should raise
         # a RuntimeError, and so should calling .testzip.  An earlier
         # version of .testzip would swallow this exception (and any other)
         # and report that the first file in the archive was corrupt.
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index 7e5b9159236..9300d010d63 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def _tkerror(err):
     pass
 
 def _exit(code=0):
-    """Internal function. Calling it will throw the exception SystemExit."""
+    """Internal function. Calling it will raise the exception SystemExit."""
     try:
         code = int(code)
     except ValueError:
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 2e5cb044c15..ad1fa8470a9 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ class TestCase(object):
             return  '%s : %s' % (safe_repr(standardMsg), safe_repr(msg))
 
     def assertRaises(self, excClass, callableObj=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Fail unless an exception of class excClass is thrown
+        """Fail unless an exception of class excClass is raised
            by callableObj when invoked with arguments args and keyword
            arguments kwargs. If a different type of exception is
-           thrown, it will not be caught, and the test case will be
+           raised, it will not be caught, and the test case will be
            deemed to have suffered an error, exactly as for an
            unexpected exception.
 
diff --git a/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py b/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py
index 05a485db7a7..49eaa514cc5 100644
--- a/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py
+++ b/Lib/wsgiref/validate.py
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ def validator(application):
     When applied between a WSGI server and a WSGI application, this
     middleware will check for WSGI compliancy on a number of levels.
     This middleware does not modify the request or response in any
-    way, but will throw an AssertionError if anything seems off
+    way, but will raise an AssertionError if anything seems off
     (except for a failure to close the application iterator, which
-    will be printed to stderr -- there's no way to throw an exception
+    will be printed to stderr -- there's no way to raise an exception
     at that point).
     """
 
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py b/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py
index fdd614aee66..a9b2ba35c6a 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/_exceptions.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class SAXException(Exception):
     the application: you can subclass it to provide additional
     functionality, or to add localization. Note that although you will
     receive a SAXException as the argument to the handlers in the
-    ErrorHandler interface, you are not actually required to throw
+    ErrorHandler interface, you are not actually required to raise
     the exception; instead, you can simply read the information in
     it."""
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class SAXParseException(SAXException):
     the original XML document. Note that although the application will
     receive a SAXParseException as the argument to the handlers in the
     ErrorHandler interface, the application is not actually required
-    to throw the exception; instead, it can simply read the
+    to raise the exception; instead, it can simply read the
     information in it and take a different action.
 
     Since this exception is a subclass of SAXException, it inherits
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SAXParseException(SAXException):
         self._locator = locator
 
         # We need to cache this stuff at construction time.
-        # If this exception is thrown, the objects through which we must
+        # If this exception is raised, the objects through which we must
         # traverse to get this information may be deleted by the time
         # it gets caught.
         self._systemId = self._locator.getSystemId()
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
index 5ce30b042a5..7ef497f94fe 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class XMLReader:
 
         SAX parsers are not required to provide localization for errors
         and warnings; if they cannot support the requested locale,
-        however, they must throw a SAX exception. Applications may
+        however, they must raise a SAX exception. Applications may
         request a locale change in the middle of a parse."""
         raise SAXNotSupportedException("Locale support not implemented")
 
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
index a779e660755..d7b2db37259 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ class _MultiCallMethod:
 
 class MultiCallIterator:
     """Iterates over the results of a multicall. Exceptions are
-    thrown in response to xmlrpc faults."""
+    raised in response to xmlrpc faults."""
 
     def __init__(self, results):
         self.results = results
diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
index d3a87e786b6..b5cd1769d4f 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
 "At the top of the I/O hierarchy is the abstract base class IOBase. It\n"
 "defines the basic interface to a stream. Note, however, that there is no\n"
 "separation between reading and writing to streams; implementations are\n"
-"allowed to throw an IOError if they do not support a given operation.\n"
+"allowed to raise an IOError if they do not support a given operation.\n"
 "\n"
 "Extending IOBase is RawIOBase which deals simply with the reading and\n"
 "writing of raw bytes to a stream. FileIO subclasses RawIOBase to provide\n"
diff --git a/Modules/parsermodule.c b/Modules/parsermodule.c
index b4602f5d12f..fea603e2000 100644
--- a/Modules/parsermodule.c
+++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ parser_tuple2st(PyST_Object *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
             err_string("parse tree does not use a valid start symbol");
         }
     }
-    /*  Make sure we throw an exception on all errors.  We should never
+    /*  Make sure we raise an exception on all errors.  We should never
      *  get this, but we'd do well to be sure something is done.
      */
     if (st == NULL && !PyErr_Occurred())
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ build_node_children(PyObject *tuple, node *root, int *line_num)
         else if (!ISNONTERMINAL(type)) {
             /*
              *  It has to be one or the other; this is an error.
-             *  Throw an exception.
+             *  Raise an exception.
              */
             PyObject *err = Py_BuildValue("os", elem, "unknown node type.");
             PyErr_SetObject(parser_error, err);
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ build_node_tree(PyObject *tuple)
     if (ISTERMINAL(num)) {
         /*
          *  The tuple is simple, but it doesn't start with a start symbol.
-         *  Throw an exception now and be done with it.
+         *  Raise an exception now and be done with it.
          */
         tuple = Py_BuildValue("os", tuple,
                     "Illegal syntax-tree; cannot start with terminal symbol.");
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index d4982f02716..177be70d97d 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ _parse_off_t(PyObject* arg, void* addr)
 
 #if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1400
 /* Microsoft CRT in VS2005 and higher will verify that a filehandle is
- * valid and throw an assertion if it isn't.
+ * valid and raise an assertion if it isn't.
  * Normally, an invalid fd is likely to be a C program error and therefore
  * an assertion can be useful, but it does contradict the POSIX standard
  * which for write(2) states:
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py b/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py
index c42de7fc2b0..11711464214 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/find_recursionlimit.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_cpickle(_cache={}):
 def test_compiler_recursion():
     # The compiler uses a scaling factor to support additional levels
     # of recursion. This is a sanity check of that scaling to ensure
-    # it still throws RuntimeError even at higher recursion limits
+    # it still raises RuntimeError even at higher recursion limits
     compile("()" * (10 * sys.getrecursionlimit()), "<single>", "single")
 
 def check_limit(n, test_func_name):
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/serve.py b/Tools/scripts/serve.py
index 89b3d6218fb..68c25f057f3 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/serve.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/serve.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 '''
 Small wsgiref based web server. Takes a path to serve from and an
 optional port number (defaults to 8000), then tries to serve files.
-Mime types are guessed from the file names, 404 errors are thrown
+Mime types are guessed from the file names, 404 errors are raised
 if the file is not found. Used for the make serve target in Doc.
 '''
 import sys