diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index a55aacccc16..8da74c79801 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ present, must be last; it matches any exception.  For an except clause with an
 expression, that expression is evaluated, and the clause matches the exception
 if the resulting object is "compatible" with the exception.  An object is
 compatible with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the exception
-object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the exception.
+object, or a tuple containing an item that is the class or a base class of
+the exception object.
 
 If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an exception handler
 continues in the surrounding code and on the invocation stack.  [#]_
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 381aed1009c..80e51f93e3a 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1849,6 +1849,7 @@ Zachary Ware
 Barry Warsaw
 Steve Waterbury
 Bob Watson
+Colin Watson
 David Watson
 Aaron Watters
 Henrik Weber