diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 669979f7c5d..b665c6079ab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ The following exceptions are used as warning categories; see the
    (:pep:`565`). Enabling the :ref:`Python Development Mode <devmode>` shows
    this warning.
 
+   The deprecation policy is described in :pep:`387`.
+
 
 .. exception:: PendingDeprecationWarning
 
@@ -762,6 +764,8 @@ The following exceptions are used as warning categories; see the
    Ignored by the default warning filters. Enabling the :ref:`Python
    Development Mode <devmode>` shows this warning.
 
+   The deprecation policy is described in :pep:`387`.
+
 
 .. exception:: SyntaxWarning