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@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ to perform clean-up after a script. Here is a simple example:
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 Often times we might want some code to run if **no** exception occurs. This
-can easily be achieved by using an ``else`` clause. Most people don't
-use it and honestly I have myself not used it widely. Here is an
+can easily be achieved by using an ``else`` clause. One might ask: why, if
+you only want some code to run if no exception occurs, wouldn't you simply
+put that code inside the ``try``? The answer is that then any exceptions in
+that code will be caught by the ``try``, and you might not want that. Most
+people don't use it and honestly I have myself not used it widely. Here is an
 example:
 
 .. code:: python
@@ -100,7 +103,10 @@ example:
     except Exception:
         print('exception')
     else:
-        print('This would only run if no exception occurs.')
+        # any code that should only run if no exception occurs in the try,
+        # but for which exceptions should NOT be caught
+        print('This would only run if no exception occurs. And an error here '
+              'would NOT be caught.')
     finally:
         print('This would be printed in every case.')