diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index 28e8a0aff76..e7f668cf075 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ request.
 .. method:: RequestHandler.finish()
 
    Called after the :meth:`handle` method to perform any clean-up actions
-   required.  The default implementation does nothing.  If :meth:`setup` or
-   :meth:`handle` raise an exception, this function will not be called.
+   required.  The default implementation does nothing.  If :meth:`setup`
+   raises an exception, this function will not be called.
 
 
 .. method:: RequestHandler.handle()
diff --git a/Lib/socketserver.py b/Lib/socketserver.py
index a21318d9237..8332fdf66da 100644
--- a/Lib/socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/socketserver.py
@@ -718,7 +718,12 @@ def setup(self):
 
     def finish(self):
         if not self.wfile.closed:
-            self.wfile.flush()
+            try:
+                self.wfile.flush()
+            except socket.error:
+                # An final socket error may have occurred here, such as
+                # the local error ECONNABORTED.
+                pass
         self.wfile.close()
         self.rfile.close()