diff --git a/doc/en/deprecations.rst b/doc/en/deprecations.rst
index 9b5a80e95..5ac93f151 100644
--- a/doc/en/deprecations.rst
+++ b/doc/en/deprecations.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ error so the underlying issue can be fixed.
 In ``8.2`` the ``exc_type`` parameter has been added, giving users the ability of passing :class:`ModuleNotFoundError`
 to skip tests only if the module cannot really be found, and not because of some other error.
 
-Catching only :class:`ModuleNotFoundError` by default (and let other errors propagate) would be the best solution,
+Catching only :class:`ModuleNotFoundError` by default (and letting other errors propagate) would be the best solution,
 however for backward compatibility, pytest will keep the existing behavior but raise an warning if:
 
 1. The captured exception is of type :class:`ImportError`, and:
diff --git a/src/_pytest/outcomes.py b/src/_pytest/outcomes.py
index 698222725..8749141aa 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/outcomes.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/outcomes.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def importorskip(
                 reason = f"could not import {modname!r}: {exc}"
             skipped = Skipped(reason, allow_module_level=True)
 
-            if warn_on_import_error and type(exc) is ImportError:
+            if warn_on_import_error and not issubclass(exc, ModuleNotFoundError):
                 lines = [
                     "",
                     f"Module '{modname}' was found, but when imported by pytest it raised:",