diff --git a/docs/advanced/exceptions.rst b/docs/advanced/exceptions.rst
index b4825cbcd..40f67d7b8 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/exceptions.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced/exceptions.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ at its exception handler.
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 | :class:`pybind11::buffer_error`      | ``BufferError``                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| :class:`pybind11::import_error`      | ``import_error``                     |
+| :class:`pybind11::import_error`      | ``ImportError``                      |
++--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+| :class:`pybind11::attribute_error`   | ``AttributeError``                   |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 | Any other exception                  | ``RuntimeError``                     |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 9ad305a4e..862451fd1 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(value_error, PyExc_ValueError)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(type_error, PyExc_TypeError)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(buffer_error, PyExc_BufferError)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(import_error, PyExc_ImportError)
+PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(attribute_error, PyExc_AttributeError)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(cast_error, PyExc_RuntimeError) /// Thrown when pybind11::cast or handle::call fail due to a type casting error
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(reference_cast_error, PyExc_RuntimeError) /// Used internally