diff --git a/newsfragments/3113.doc.rst b/newsfragments/3113.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce407a29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/3113.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Document that :func:`trio.sleep_forever` is guaranteed to raise an exception now.
diff --git a/src/trio/_timeouts.py b/src/trio/_timeouts.py
index 417f1818fa..7ce123c7c5 100644
--- a/src/trio/_timeouts.py
+++ b/src/trio/_timeouts.py
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ def move_on_after(
 async def sleep_forever() -> NoReturn:
     """Pause execution of the current task forever (or until cancelled).
 
-    Equivalent to calling ``await sleep(math.inf)``.
+    Equivalent to calling ``await sleep(math.inf)``, except that if manually
+    rescheduled this will raise a `RuntimeError`.
+
+    Raises:
+      RuntimeError: if rescheduled
 
     """
     await trio.lowlevel.wait_task_rescheduled(lambda _: trio.lowlevel.Abort.SUCCEEDED)