diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 96c6300ea16f58..72881b56a4b18c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Functions for sequences
    .. versionchanged:: 3.11
 
       The *population* must be a sequence.  Automatic conversion of sets
-      to lists is longer supported.
+      to lists is no longer supported.
 
 
 .. _real-valued-distributions:
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index b7e9dc6e9e37f8..8c36877ec101e7 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -693,6 +693,11 @@ Changes in the Python API
   deprecated since Python 3.6.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`47066`.)
 
+* The *population* parameter of :func:`random.sample` must be a sequence.
+  Automatic conversion of sets to lists is no longer supported. If the sample size
+  is larger than the population size, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :issue:`40465`.)
+
 
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