diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index a53c49a211036b..2f58149c6cd142 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -968,9 +968,6 @@ 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 8d8a0b5df2687f..93efcef1501b4a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
@@ -323,12 +323,6 @@ 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