1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 76a2b64..57071a1 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Richard Chamberlain, for the first implementation of textdoc.
 import sys, imp, os, re, types, inspect, __builtin__, pkgutil
 from repr import Repr
 from string import expandtabs, find, join, lower, split, strip, rfind, rstrip
+from traceback import extract_tb
 try:
     from collections import deque
 except ImportError:
@@ -299,9 +300,9 @@ def safeimport(path, forceload=0, cache={}):
         elif exc is SyntaxError:
             # A SyntaxError occurred before we could execute the module.
             raise ErrorDuringImport(value.filename, info)
-        elif exc is ImportError and \
-             split(lower(str(value)))[:2] == ['no', 'module']:
-            # The module was not found.
+        elif exc is ImportError and extract_tb(tb)[-1][2]=='safeimport':
+            # The import error occurred directly in this function,
+            # which means there is no such module in the path.
             return None
         else:
             # Some other error occurred during the importing process.