diff --git a/Lib/htmllib.py b/Lib/htmllib.py
index 24a2e2f..652519f 100644
--- a/Lib/htmllib.py
+++ b/Lib/htmllib.py
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
     else:
         try:
             f = open(file, 'r')
-        except IOError, msg:
+        except IOError as msg:
             print file, ":", msg
             sys.exit(1)