diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
index 5188ecefb98221..3c34f5bc4d0ea1 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
@@ -2154,15 +2154,13 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
       static void
       local_finalize(PyObject *self)
       {
-          PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback;
-
           /* Save the current exception, if any. */
-          PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback);
+          PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException();
 
           /* ... */
 
           /* Restore the saved exception. */
-          PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
+          PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc);
       }
 
    **Inheritance:**