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diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index 75e1fcf..31b8255 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def format_exception_only(etype, value):
# would throw another exception and mask the original problem.
if (isinstance(etype, BaseException) or
isinstance(etype, types.InstanceType) or
- type(etype) is str):
+ etype is None or type(etype) is str):
return [_format_final_exc_line(etype, value)]
stype = etype.__name__