diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index cc51d1d..f519b06 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
         """
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
-        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
         self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
         self.debugging = 0
         self.welcome = self.getresp()