--- a/whois/whois.py Wed Aug 03 12:23:19 2016 +0000
+++ b/whois/whois.py Wed Aug 03 12:36:03 2016 +0000
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
if not d:
break
s.close()
- except socket.error:
+ except socket.error as socketerror:
print('Socket Error:', socketerror)
return response