diff --git a/gitlab/client.py b/gitlab/client.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Gitlab:
        order_by: Set order_by globally
        user_agent: A custom user agent to use for making HTTP requests.
        retry_transient_errors: Whether to retry after 500, 502, 503, 504
-            or 52x responses. Defaults to False.
        keep_base_url: keep user-provided base URL for pagination if it
            differs from response headers

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ def http_request(
            obey_rate_limit: Whether to obey 429 Too Many Request
                                    responses. Defaults to True.
            retry_transient_errors: Whether to retry after 500, 502, 503, 504
-                or 52x responses. Defaults to False.
            max_retries: Max retries after 429 or transient errors,
                               set to -1 to retry forever. Defaults to 10.
            extra_headers: Add and override HTTP headers for the request.
@@ -737,7 +737,11 @@ def http_request(
                    stream=streamed,
                    **opts,
                )
-            except (requests.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError):
                if retry.handle_retry():
                    continue
                raise