diff --git a/src/sage/ext/memory.pyx b/src/sage/ext/memory.pyx
index 1de6dedab82..b95130b19dd 100644
--- a/src/sage/ext/memory.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/ext/memory.pyx
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Low-level memory allocation functions
 
 TESTS:
 
-Check that a ``MemoryError`` is raised if we try to allocate a
+Check that an error is raised if we try to allocate a
 ridiculously large integer, see :trac:`15363`::
 
-    sage: 2^(2^63-3)
-    Traceback (most recent call last):
-    ...
-    OverflowError: exponent must be at most 2147483647         # 32-bit
-    RuntimeError: Aborted                                      # 64-bit
+    sage: try:
+    ....:     2^(2^63-3)
+    ....: except (OverflowError, RuntimeError, FloatingPointError):
+    ....:     print ('Overflow error')
+    ...Overflow error
 
 AUTHORS:
 
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/integer.pyx b/src/sage/rings/integer.pyx
index 2cd080ddafa..090ab59cb28 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/integer.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/rings/integer.pyx
@@ -6654,7 +6654,7 @@ cdef class Integer(sage.structure.element.EuclideanDomainElement):
             sage: try:
             ....:     print('Possible error output from gmp', flush=True)
             ....:     1 << (2^60)
-            ....: except (MemoryError, OverflowError, RuntimeError):
+            ....: except (MemoryError, OverflowError, RuntimeError, FloatingPointError):
             ....:     pass
             ....: else:
             ....:     print("Failed to raise exception")