diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
index b9e887cab5d..7f3d267d74c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
@@ -489,11 +489,14 @@ Unless you set the :attr:`~finalize.atexit` attribute to
 :const:`False`, a finalizer will be called when the program exits if it
 is still alive.  For instance
 
-    >>> obj = Object()
-    >>> weakref.finalize(obj, print, "obj dead or exiting")  #doctest:+ELLIPSIS
-    <finalize object at ...; for 'Object' at ...>
-    >>> del obj
-    obj dead or exiting
+.. doctest::
+   :options: +SKIP
+
+   >>> obj = Object()
+   >>> weakref.finalize(obj, print, "obj dead or exiting")
+   <finalize object at ...; for 'Object' at ...>
+   >>> exit()
+   obj dead or exiting
 
 
 Comparing finalizers with :meth:`__del__` methods