diff --git a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
index bb8e2d88c0fc95..2de55d86c38f48 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ identifier.  Python currently uses eight paths:
    If *expand* is set to ``False``, the path will not be expanded using the
    variables.
 
-   If *name* is not found, return ``None``.
+   If *name* is not found, raise a :exc:`KeyError`.
 
 
 .. function:: get_paths([scheme, [vars, [expand]]])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-06-18-06-44-45.bpo-44453.3PIkj2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-06-18-06-44-45.bpo-44453.3PIkj2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fd72cf525c32fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-06-18-06-44-45.bpo-44453.3PIkj2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix documentation for the return type of :func:`sysconfig.get_path`.