diff --git a/wikipedia/wikipedia.py b/wikipedia/wikipedia.py
index 040901a..68201e3 100644
--- a/wikipedia/wikipedia.py
+++ b/wikipedia/wikipedia.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
         and self.title == other.title
         and self.url == other.url
       )
-    except:
+    except Exception:
       return False
 
   def __load(self, redirect=True, preload=False):