diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index c7ba74cc8d5874..7300c802e0817f 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -971,9 +971,6 @@ Notes:
    This is a base class for other standard exceptions.
 
 (2)
-   This is the same as :exc:`weakref.ReferenceError`.
-
-(3)
    Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing that the
    preprocessor macro ``MS_WINDOWS`` is defined.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
index b3c8e354553311..2dbe5e33bd0117 100644
--- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
@@ -327,12 +327,6 @@ objects.
    types.
 
 
-.. exception:: ReferenceError
-
-   Exception raised when a proxy object is used but the underlying object has been
-   collected.  This is the same as the standard :exc:`ReferenceError` exception.
-
-
 .. seealso::
 
    :pep:`205` - Weak References