diff --git a/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py b/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py
index fc05d99..daf2470 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py
+++ b/Doc/lib/email-unpack.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         # email message can't be used to overwrite important files
         filename = part.get_filename()
         if not filename:
-            ext = mimetypes.guess_extension(part.get_type())
+            ext = mimetypes.guess_extension(part.get_content_type())
             if not ext:
                 # Use a generic bag-of-bits extension
                 ext = '.bin'