diff --git a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst
index 9566d9d792000d..c46722d782a2fb 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The following functions provide locale-independent string to number conversions.
    The conversion is independent of the current locale.
 
    If ``endptr`` is ``NULL``, convert the whole string.  Raise
-   ValueError and return ``-1.0`` if the string is not a valid
+   :exc:`ValueError` and return ``-1.0`` if the string is not a valid
    representation of a floating-point number.
 
    If endptr is not ``NULL``, convert as much of the string as
diff --git a/Doc/faq/design.rst b/Doc/faq/design.rst
index 5e54df61bda9c9..e2d63a0323da66 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/design.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/design.rst
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ Some unacceptable solutions that have been proposed:
      mydict = {[1, 2]: '12'}
      print(mydict[[1, 2]])
 
-  would raise a KeyError exception because the id of the ``[1, 2]`` used in the
+  would raise a :exc:`KeyError` exception because the id of the ``[1, 2]`` used in the
   second line differs from that in the first line.  In other words, dictionary
   keys should be compared using ``==``, not using :keyword:`is`.
 
diff --git a/Doc/faq/extending.rst b/Doc/faq/extending.rst
index fd04a83df33c3d..b611bb48012af9 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/extending.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ How can I execute arbitrary Python statements from C?
 The highest-level function to do this is :c:func:`PyRun_SimpleString` which takes
 a single string argument to be executed in the context of the module
 ``__main__`` and returns ``0`` for success and ``-1`` when an exception occurred
-(including ``SyntaxError``).  If you want more control, use
+(including :exc:`SyntaxError`).  If you want more control, use
 :c:func:`PyRun_String`; see the source for :c:func:`PyRun_SimpleString` in
 ``Python/pythonrun.c``.
 
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 16fc7f0783c8cb..b8e773741ce7e2 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Glossary
       ``int(3.15)`` converts the floating point number to the integer ``3``, but
       in ``3+4.5``, each argument is of a different type (one int, one float),
       and both must be converted to the same type before they can be added or it
-      will raise a ``TypeError``.  Without coercion, all arguments of even
+      will raise a :exc:`TypeError`.  Without coercion, all arguments of even
       compatible types would have to be normalized to the same value by the
       programmer, e.g., ``float(3)+4.5`` rather than just ``3+4.5``.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index 0ae466e7d4f823..dcabcc92aaaba2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -397,11 +397,11 @@ However, there are a few differences that should be taken into account:
   because default values cannot be deleted from the section (because technically
   they are not there).  If they are overridden in the section, deleting causes
   the default value to be visible again.  Trying to delete a default value
-  causes a ``KeyError``.
+  causes a :exc:`KeyError`.
 
 * ``DEFAULTSECT`` cannot be removed from the parser:
 
-  * trying to delete it raises ``ValueError``,
+  * trying to delete it raises :exc:`ValueError`,
 
   * ``parser.clear()`` leaves it intact,
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst
index ccf5f92d1636a3..1bd6f12b915f89 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imp.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imp.rst
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ file paths.
    file path.  For example, if *path* is
    ``/foo/bar/__pycache__/baz.cpython-32.pyc`` the returned path would be
    ``/foo/bar/baz.py``.  *path* need not exist, however if it does not conform
-   to :pep:`3147` format, a ``ValueError`` is raised. If
+   to :pep:`3147` format, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised. If
    :attr:`sys.implementation.cache_tag` is not defined,
    :exc:`NotImplementedError` is raised.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index 6f4da11989551e..ec91d8d8ef1b61 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ an :term:`importer`.
    file path.  For example, if *path* is
    ``/foo/bar/__pycache__/baz.cpython-32.pyc`` the returned path would be
    ``/foo/bar/baz.py``.  *path* need not exist, however if it does not conform
-   to :pep:`3147` or :pep:`488` format, a ``ValueError`` is raised. If
+   to :pep:`3147` or :pep:`488` format, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised. If
    :attr:`sys.implementation.cache_tag` is not defined,
    :exc:`NotImplementedError` is raised.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 98649de7310f0b..2536c37e772b81 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pipe).
 
 All streams are careful about the type of data you give to them.  For example
 giving a :class:`str` object to the ``write()`` method of a binary stream
-will raise a ``TypeError``.  So will giving a :class:`bytes` object to the
+will raise a :exc:`TypeError`.  So will giving a :class:`bytes` object to the
 ``write()`` method of a text stream.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index f68fe61c0c2c0f..15007a1bca9285 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
    Normalize the case of a pathname.  On Unix and Mac OS X, this returns the
    path unchanged; on case-insensitive filesystems, it converts the path to
    lowercase.  On Windows, it also converts forward slashes to backward slashes.
-   Raise a TypeError if the type of *path* is not ``str`` or ``bytes`` (directly
+   Raise a :exc:`TypeError` if the type of *path* is not ``str`` or ``bytes`` (directly
    or indirectly through the :class:`os.PathLike` interface).
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 5b0ef2e1d361cb..4817bba7d4f2d2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients.
    .. note::
       With versions of OpenSSL older than 0.9.8m, it is only possible
       to set options, not to clear them.  Attempting to clear an option
-      (by resetting the corresponding bits) will raise a ``ValueError``.
+      (by resetting the corresponding bits) will raise a :exc:`ValueError`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       :attr:`SSLContext.options` returns :class:`Options` flags:
diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst
index 268adc0c9de5bc..9861da8d7073a5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/typing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ The module defines the following classes, functions and decorators:
    non-``@overload``-decorated definition, while the latter is used at
    runtime but should be ignored by a type checker.  At runtime, calling
    a ``@overload``-decorated function directly will raise
-   ``NotImplementedError``. An example of overload that gives a more
+   :exc:`NotImplementedError`. An example of overload that gives a more
    precise type than can be expressed using a union or a type variable::
 
       @overload
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 83aee1b0262176..b35a724fc5403a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ Test cases
       If *delta* is supplied instead of *places* then the difference
       between *first* and *second* must be less or equal to (or greater than) *delta*.
 
-      Supplying both *delta* and *places* raises a ``TypeError``.
+      Supplying both *delta* and *places* raises a :exc:`TypeError`.
 
       .. versionchanged:: 3.2
          :meth:`assertAlmostEqual` automatically considers almost equal objects
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
index 95dc0f98ba5134..b291d11595a89b 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ objects:
    :noindex:
 
    Remove the first item from the list whose value is equal to *x*.  It raises a
-   ``ValueError`` if there is no such item.
+   :exc:`ValueError` if there is no such item.
 
 
 .. method:: list.pop([i])
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 4eddf841dcbec2..b4540ac1dd9028 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ a :term:`__future__` import is necessary::
     RuntimeError: generator raised StopIteration
 
 Without a ``__future__`` import, a :exc:`PendingDeprecationWarning` will be
-raised whenever a ``StopIteration`` exception is raised inside a generator.
+raised whenever a :exc:`StopIteration` exception is raised inside a generator.
 
 .. seealso::
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index fec7c620d3b83e..cac007b3cb2db4 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
 
 * A ``global`` or ``nonlocal`` statement must now textually appear
   before the first use of the affected name in the same scope.
-  Previously this was a ``SyntaxWarning``.
+  Previously this was a :exc:`SyntaxWarning`.
 
 * It is now possible to set a :ref:`special method <specialnames>` to
   ``None`` to indicate that the corresponding operation is not available.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index ea460b74025e35..d6c95ebf778c6c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ support the loading of resources from packages.  See also
 lacks a spec.
 (Contributed by Garvit Khatri in :issue:`29851`.)
 
-:func:`importlib.find_spec` now raises ``ModuleNotFoundError`` instead of
+:func:`importlib.find_spec` now raises :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` instead of
 :exc:`AttributeError` if the specified parent module is not a package (i.e.
 lacks a ``__path__`` attribute).
 (Contributed by Milan Oberkirch in :issue:`30436`.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-10-22-14-09-58.bpo-35044.qjvNtI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-10-22-14-09-58.bpo-35044.qjvNtI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..05e67e51a73adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-10-22-14-09-58.bpo-35044.qjvNtI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix the documentation with the role ``exc`` for the appropriated exception. Patch by
+Stéphane Wirtel