diff --git a/base/docs/helpdb.jl b/base/docs/helpdb.jl
index 675d13d9db800..3ee39dab89e2f 100644
--- a/base/docs/helpdb.jl
+++ b/base/docs/helpdb.jl
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ Collections.isheap
 doc"""
     @test_throws(extype, ex)
 
-Test that the expression `ex` throws an exception of type `extype` and calls the current handler to handle the result. The default handler returns the exception if it is of the expected type.
+Test that the expression `ex` throws an exception of type `extype` and calls the current handler to handle the result.
 """
 :(Test.@test_throws)
 
diff --git a/doc/stdlib/test.rst b/doc/stdlib/test.rst
index 456f3375c2c18..cfd9bf56358da 100644
--- a/doc/stdlib/test.rst
+++ b/doc/stdlib/test.rst
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Macros
 
    .. Docstring generated from Julia source
 
-   Test that the expression ``ex`` throws an exception of type ``extype`` and calls the current handler to handle the result. The default handler returns the exception if it is of the expected type.
+   Test that the expression ``ex`` throws an exception of type ``extype`` and calls the current handler to handle the result.
 
 .. function:: @test_approx_eq(a, b)