diff --git a/library/monitoring/nagios b/library/monitoring/nagios
index a66583b0c62..9219766b86a 100644
--- a/library/monitoring/nagios
+++ b/library/monitoring/nagios
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def main():
             m = int(minutes)
             if not isinstance(m, types.IntType):
                 module.fail_json(msg='minutes must be a number')
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             module.fail_json(msg='invalid entry for minutes')
 
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