diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index b5e3a84b4556dd..9a14d1e26de3fe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ their subgroups based on the types of the contained exceptions.
          ...     def derive(self, excs):
          ...         return MyGroup(self.message, excs)
          ...
-         >>> e = MyGroup("eg", [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)])
+         >>> e = MyGroup("eg", (ValueError(1), TypeError(2)))
          >>> e.add_note("a note")
          >>> e.__context__ = Exception("context")
          >>> e.__cause__ = Exception("cause")
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ their subgroups based on the types of the contained exceptions.
          ...
          >>> match, rest = exc.split(ValueError)
          >>> exc, exc.__context__, exc.__cause__, exc.__notes__
-         (MyGroup('eg', [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)]), Exception('context'), Exception('cause'), ['a note'])
+         (MyGroup('eg', (ValueError(1), TypeError(2))), Exception('context'), Exception('cause'), ['a note'])
          >>> match, match.__context__, match.__cause__, match.__notes__
          (MyGroup('eg', [ValueError(1)]), Exception('context'), Exception('cause'), ['a note'])
          >>> rest, rest.__context__, rest.__cause__, rest.__notes__
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 6521b4bee50758..22fd399ac6704c 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ is merged with any exceptions that were raised or re-raised from within
 
    >>> try:
    ...     raise ExceptionGroup("eg",
-   ...         [ValueError(1), TypeError(2), OSError(3), OSError(4)])
+   ...         (ValueError(1), TypeError(2), OSError(3), OSError(4)))
    ... except* TypeError as e:
    ...     print(f'caught {type(e)} with nested {e.exceptions}')
    ... except* OSError as e:
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ is merged with any exceptions that were raised or re-raised from within
      + Exception Group Traceback (most recent call last):
      |   File "<doctest default[0]>", line 2, in <module>
      |     raise ExceptionGroup("eg",
-     |         [ValueError(1), TypeError(2), OSError(3), OSError(4)])
+     |         (ValueError(1), TypeError(2), OSError(3), OSError(4)))
      | ExceptionGroup: eg (1 sub-exception)
      +-+---------------- 1 ----------------
        | ValueError: 1
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
index 1c20fa2f0b6ae5..4957b14d8cb8b7 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/errors.rst
@@ -525,12 +525,12 @@ tasks may have failed in parallel, but there are also other use cases where
 it is desirable to continue execution and collect multiple errors rather than
 raise the first exception.
 
-The builtin :exc:`ExceptionGroup` wraps a list of exception instances so
+The builtin :exc:`ExceptionGroup` wraps a sequence of exception instances so
 that they can be raised together. It is an exception itself, so it can be
 caught like any other exception. ::
 
    >>> def f():
-   ...     excs = [OSError('error 1'), SystemError('error 2')]
+   ...     excs = (OSError('error 1'), SystemError('error 2'))
    ...     raise ExceptionGroup('there were problems', excs)
    ...
    >>> f()
@@ -564,17 +564,17 @@ other clauses and eventually to be reraised. ::
    >>> def f():
    ...     raise ExceptionGroup(
    ...         "group1",
-   ...         [
+   ...         (
    ...             OSError(1),
    ...             SystemError(2),
    ...             ExceptionGroup(
    ...                 "group2",
-   ...                 [
+   ...                 (
    ...                     OSError(3),
    ...                     RecursionError(4)
-   ...                 ]
+   ...                 )
    ...             )
-   ...         ]
+   ...         )
    ...     )
    ...
    >>> try: