diff --git a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
index ce59d89843e761..9f4871a55bc8af 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dataclasses.rst
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ Module contents
      c = C()
      c.mylist += [1, 2, 3]
 
-   As shown above, the :const:`MISSING` value is a sentinel object used to
-   detect if some parameters are provided by the user. This sentinel is
+   As shown above, the :const:`MISSING` value is a :class:`sentinel` object
+   used to detect if some parameters are provided by the user. This sentinel is
    used because ``None`` is a valid value for some parameters with
    a distinct meaning.  No code should directly use the :const:`MISSING` value.
 
@@ -528,11 +528,14 @@ Module contents
 
 .. data:: MISSING
 
-   A sentinel value signifying a missing default or default_factory.
+   A :class:`sentinel` object signifying a missing default or *default_factory*.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.15
+      :const:`!MISSING` is now a :class:`sentinel` object.
 
 .. data:: KW_ONLY
 
-   A sentinel value used as a type annotation.  Any fields after a
+   A :class:`sentinel` object used as a type annotation.  Any fields after a
    pseudo-field with the type of :const:`!KW_ONLY` are marked as
    keyword-only fields.  Note that a pseudo-field of type
    :const:`!KW_ONLY` is otherwise completely ignored.  This includes the
@@ -557,6 +560,9 @@ Module contents
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.10
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.15
+      :const:`!KW_ONLY` is now a :class:`sentinel` object.
+
 .. exception:: FrozenInstanceError
 
    Raised when an implicitly defined :meth:`~object.__setattr__` or
diff --git a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
index 792072ab9f6128..7c03fb49b3b5e7 100644
--- a/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/email/_header_value_parser.py
@@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@ def get_parameter(value):
         else:
             try:
                 token, rest = get_extended_attrtext(inner_value)
-            except:
+            except errors.HeaderParseError:
                 pass
             else:
                 if not rest: