diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index e2dde683a1a5d3..51cffc029017b2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1374,7 +1374,8 @@ way is to instantiate one of the following classes:
    failure, an :class:`OSError` is automatically raised.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      :exc:`WindowsError` used to be raised.
+      :exc:`WindowsError` used to be raised,
+      which is now an alias of :exc:`OSError`.
 
 
 .. class:: WinDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False, winmode=None)
@@ -2047,13 +2048,14 @@ Utility functions
 .. function:: WinError(code=None, descr=None)
 
    Windows only: this function is probably the worst-named thing in ctypes. It
-   creates an instance of OSError.  If *code* is not specified,
+   creates an instance of :exc:`OSError`.  If *code* is not specified,
    ``GetLastError`` is called to determine the error code. If *descr* is not
    specified, :func:`FormatError` is called to get a textual description of the
    error.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      An instance of :exc:`WindowsError` used to be created.
+      An instance of :exc:`WindowsError` used to be created, which is now an
+      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
 
 
 .. function:: wstring_at(address, size=-1)
diff --git a/Doc/library/gettext.rst b/Doc/library/gettext.rst
index 7ebe91b372d35a..dc6cf5533fccbe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/gettext.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/gettext.rst
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ install themselves in the built-in namespace as the function :func:`!_`.
    :class:`NullTranslations` instance if *fallback* is true.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      :exc:`IOError` used to be raised instead of :exc:`OSError`.
+      :exc:`IOError` used to be raised, it is now an alias of :exc:`OSError`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.11
       *codeset* parameter is removed.
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
index 87ef156a0bed57..12a6d768437ea5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.cookiejar.rst
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ The module defines the following exception:
    cookies from a file.  :exc:`LoadError` is a subclass of :exc:`OSError`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      LoadError was made a subclass of :exc:`OSError` instead of
-      :exc:`IOError`.
+      :exc:`LoadError` used to be a subtype of :exc:`IOError`, which is now an
+      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
 
 
 The following classes are provided:
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst
index 8772e8600795eb..8af07c5ec0474c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ The following exceptions are raised by :mod:`urllib.error` as appropriate:
       exception instance.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      :exc:`URLError` has been made a subclass of :exc:`OSError` instead
-      of :exc:`IOError`.
+      :exc:`URLError` used to be a subtype of :exc:`IOError`, which is now an
+      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
 
 
 .. exception:: HTTPError
diff --git a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
index fe1adcae163c23..71647445ed37ef 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ zipimporter Objects
       file wasn't found.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-         :exc:`IOError` used to be raised instead of :exc:`OSError`.
+         :exc:`IOError` used to be raised, it is now an alias of :exc:`OSError`.
 
 
    .. method:: get_filename(fullname)