diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nis.py b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
index 590868f..55dd32c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_nis.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     def test_maps(self):
         try:
             maps = nis.maps()
-        except nis.error, msg:
+        except nis.error as msg:
             # NIS is probably not active, so this test isn't useful
             if verbose:
                 self.fail("(failing because of verbose mode) %s" % msg)