diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index d289ba58c24065..ec4d1be265ab4b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ provided.  They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
    registered for that extension.  In case none is found,
    a :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
 
+   If the archive file cannot be read, a :exc:`ReadError` is raised.
+
    The keyword-only *filter* argument is passed to the underlying unpacking
    function. For zip files, *filter* is not accepted.
    For tar files, it is recommended to use ``'data'`` (default since Python
@@ -764,6 +766,13 @@ provided.  They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
       Added the *filter* argument.
 
+.. exception:: ReadError
+
+   This exception is raised when an archive cannot be read or is not recognized
+   as a supported archive format.  It is raised by :func:`unpack_archive`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.2
+
 .. function:: register_unpack_format(name, extensions, function[, extra_args[, description]])
 
    Registers an unpack format. *name* is the name of the format and
@@ -783,6 +792,17 @@ provided.  They rely on the :mod:`zipfile` and :mod:`tarfile` modules.
    *description* can be provided to describe the format, and will be returned
    by the :func:`get_unpack_formats` function.
 
+   Raises :exc:`RegistryError` if any of the given *extensions* are already
+   registered for another format.
+
+.. exception:: RegistryError
+
+   This exception is raised when a registry operation with the archiving
+   and unpacking registries fails, such as registering a duplicate archive
+   format extension.  It is raised by :func:`register_unpack_format`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.2
+
 
 .. function:: unregister_unpack_format(name)
 
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 44ccdbb503d4fb..c7c64e6653f8f3 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ["copyfileobj", "copyfile", "copymode", "copystat", "copy", "copy2",
            "copytree", "move", "rmtree", "Error", "SpecialFileError",
+           "ReadError", "RegistryError",
            "make_archive", "get_archive_formats",
            "register_archive_format", "unregister_archive_format",
            "get_unpack_formats", "register_unpack_format",
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index a4bd113bc7f1fc..0e2e18f9602a4f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -3508,7 +3508,8 @@ def test_module_all_attribute(self):
         self.assertHasAttr(shutil, '__all__')
         target_api = ['copyfileobj', 'copyfile', 'copymode', 'copystat',
                       'copy', 'copy2', 'copytree', 'move', 'rmtree', 'Error',
-                      'SpecialFileError', 'make_archive',
+                      'SpecialFileError', 'ReadError', 'RegistryError',
+                      'make_archive',
                       'get_archive_formats', 'register_archive_format',
                       'unregister_archive_format', 'get_unpack_formats',
                       'register_unpack_format', 'unregister_unpack_format',
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-04-02-10-05-49.gh-issue-148001.ShutilEx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-04-02-10-05-49.gh-issue-148001.ShutilEx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..28057f6e8ce297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-04-02-10-05-49.gh-issue-148001.ShutilEx.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Publicly expose :exc:`shutil.ReadError` and :exc:`shutil.RegistryError`.