diff --git a/docs/jsonrpc-example-code/jsonrpc.py b/docs/jsonrpc-example-code/jsonrpc.py
index dbb95ba5..250b2950 100644
--- a/docs/jsonrpc-example-code/jsonrpc.py
+++ b/docs/jsonrpc-example-code/jsonrpc.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def process(self, req):
             raise ValueError("No such method %s" % method)
         try:
             result = method(*params)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             text = traceback.format_exc()
             exc_value = sys.exc_info()[1]
             error_value = dict(