diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index efa07d7..86c9839 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -326,6 +326,32 @@
     else:
         return '#'
 
+def _strip_exception_details(msg):
+    # Support for IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL.
+    # Get rid of everything except the exception name; in particular, drop
+    # the possibly dotted module path (if any) and the exception message (if
+    # any).  We assume that a colon is never part of a dotted name, or of an
+    # exception name.
+    # E.g., given
+    #    "foo.bar.MyError: la di da"
+    # return "MyError"
+    # Or for "abc.def" or "abc.def:\n" return "def".
+
+    start, end = 0, len(msg)
+    # The exception name must appear on the first line.
+    i = msg.find("\n")
+    if i >= 0:
+        end = i
+    # retain up to the first colon (if any)
+    i = msg.find(':', 0, end)
+    if i >= 0:
+        end = i
+    # retain just the exception name
+    i = msg.rfind('.', 0, end)
+    if i >= 0:
+        start = i+1
+    return msg[start: end]
+
 class _OutputRedirectingPdb(pdb.Pdb):
     """
     A specialized version of the python debugger that redirects stdout
@@ -1323,10 +1349,9 @@
 
                 # Another chance if they didn't care about the detail.
                 elif self.optionflags & IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL:
-                    m1 = re.match(r'(?:[^:]*\.)?([^:]*:)', example.exc_msg)
-                    m2 = re.match(r'(?:[^:]*\.)?([^:]*:)', exc_msg)
-                    if m1 and m2 and check(m1.group(1), m2.group(1),
-                                           self.optionflags):
+                    if check(_strip_exception_details(example.exc_msg),
+                             _strip_exception_details(exc_msg),
+                             self.optionflags):
                         outcome = SUCCESS
 
             # Report the outcome.