From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:23:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #6880: add reference to classes section in exceptions section, which comes earlier.
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#6880: add reference to classes section in exceptions section, which comes earlier.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
index 300cbd14e9..a0069f5f6f 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
@@ -245,9 +245,10 @@ re-raise the exception::
 User-defined Exceptions
 =======================
 
-Programs may name their own exceptions by creating a new exception class.
-Exceptions should typically be derived from the :exc:`Exception` class, either
-directly or indirectly.  For example::
+Programs may name their own exceptions by creating a new exception class (see
+:ref:`tut-classes` for more about Python classes).  Exceptions should typically
+be derived from the :exc:`Exception` class, either directly or indirectly.  For
+example::
 
    >>> class MyError(Exception):
    ...     def __init__(self, value):