diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 9fef7d7f03f..ef0c0bf64cd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ Connection Objects
       If you want to clear any previously installed progress handler, call the
       method with :const:`None` for *handler*.
 
+      Returning a non-zero value from the handler function will terminate the
+      currently executing query and cause it to raise an :exc:`OperationalError`
+      exception.
+
 
    .. method:: set_trace_callback(trace_callback)