diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index b88adfe..a01a184 100755
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -800,13 +800,13 @@
             self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             self.sock.connect(host)
         except socket.error as msg:
-            if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, 'connect fail:', host
+            if self.debuglevel > 0: print('connect fail:', host, file=stderr)
             if self.sock:
                 self.sock.close()
             self.sock = None
             raise socket.error(msg)
         (code, msg) = self.getreply()
-        if self.debuglevel > 0: print>>stderr, "connect:", msg
+        if self.debuglevel > 0: print('connect:', msg, file=stderr)
         return (code, msg)