diff --git a/doc/src/advanced.rst b/doc/src/advanced.rst
index 5b5fb354..9c57b467 100644
--- a/doc/src/advanced.rst
+++ b/doc/src/advanced.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ An example of cursor subclass performing logging is::
 
             try:
                 psycopg2.extensions.cursor.execute(self, sql, args)
-            except Exception, exc:
+            except Exception as exc:
                 logger.error("%s: %s" % (exc.__class__.__name__, exc))
                 raise