diff --git a/v2/ansible/playbook/base.py b/v2/ansible/playbook/base.py
index e834d3b7296..c6a9d9a0513 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/playbook/base.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/playbook/base.py
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ class Base:
                 # and assign the massaged value back to the attribute field
                 setattr(self, name, value)
 
-            except (TypeError, ValueError), e:
+            except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
                 raise AnsibleParserError("the field '%s' has an invalid value (%s), and could not be converted to an %s. Error was: %s" % (name, value, attribute.isa, e), obj=self.get_ds())
-            except UndefinedError, e:
+            except UndefinedError as e:
                 if fail_on_undefined:
                     raise AnsibleParserError("the field '%s' has an invalid value, which appears to include a variable that is undefined. The error was: %s" % (name,e), obj=self.get_ds())
 
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/__init__.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/__init__.py
index a55059f1b7b..d16eecd3c39 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class PluginLoader:
             if os.path.isdir(path):
                 try:
                     full_paths = (os.path.join(path, f) for f in os.listdir(path))
-                except OSError,e:
+                except OSError as e:
                     d = Display()
                     d.warning("Error accessing plugin paths: %s" % str(e))
                 for full_path in (f for f in full_paths if os.path.isfile(f)):
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 2f56c4df582..0e98bbc5b75 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ActionBase:
         # FIXME: modified from original, needs testing? Since this is now inside
         #        the action plugin, it should make it just this simple
         return getattr(self, 'TRANSFERS_FILES', False)
-        
+
     def _late_needs_tmp_path(self, tmp, module_style):
         '''
         Determines if a temp path is required after some early actions have already taken place.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class ActionBase:
             #else:
             #    data = data.encode('utf-8')
             afo.write(data)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             #raise AnsibleError("failure encoding into utf-8: %s" % str(e))
             raise AnsibleError("failure writing module data to temporary file for transfer: %s" % str(e))
 
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
index ece8b5b11b0..6db130ad7f3 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 else:
                     content_tempfile = self._create_content_tempfile(content)
                 source = content_tempfile
-            except Exception, err:
+            except Exception as err:
                 return dict(failed=True, msg="could not write content temp file: %s" % err)
 
         ###############################################################################################
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             if module_return.get('changed') == True:
                 changed = True
 
-            # the file module returns the file path as 'path', but 
+            # the file module returns the file path as 'path', but
             # the copy module uses 'dest', so add it if it's not there
             if 'path' in module_return and 'dest' not in module_return:
                 module_return['dest'] = module_return['path']
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         content = to_bytes(content)
         try:
             f.write(content)
-        except Exception, err:
+        except Exception as err:
             os.remove(content_tempfile)
             raise Exception(err)
         finally:
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/pause.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/pause.py
index 9c6075e1011..c56e6654b1b 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/pause.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/pause.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                     seconds = int(self._task.args['seconds'])
                     duration_unit = 'seconds'
 
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 return dict(failed=True, msg="non-integer value given for prompt duration:\n%s" % str(e))
 
         # Is 'prompt' a key in 'args'?
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/template.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
index 76b2e78a737..f82cbb37667 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/action/template.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             with open(source, 'r') as f:
                 template_data = f.read()
             resultant = templar.template(template_data, preserve_trailing_newlines=True)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             return dict(failed=True, msg=type(e).__name__ + ": " + str(e))
 
         local_checksum = checksum_s(resultant)
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/accelerate.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/accelerate.py
index a31124e119f..13012aa9299 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/accelerate.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/accelerate.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Connection(object):
                     # shutdown, so we'll reconnect.
                     wrong_user = True
 
-        except AnsibleError, e:
+        except AnsibleError as e:
             if allow_ssh:
                 if "WRONG_USER" in e:
                     vvv("Switching users, waiting for the daemon on %s to shutdown completely..." % self.host)
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py
index 4bb06e01c36..81470f657c8 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/paramiko_ssh.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class Connection(object):
                 key_filename=key_filename, password=self.password,
                 timeout=self.runner.timeout, port=self.port)
 
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
 
             msg = str(e)
             if "PID check failed" in msg:
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.ssh.get_transport().set_keepalive(5)
             chan = self.ssh.get_transport().open_session()
 
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
 
             msg = "Failed to open session"
             if len(str(e)) > 0:
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class Connection(object):
 
         try:
             self.sftp = self.ssh.open_sftp()
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection (%s)" % e)
 
         try:
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class Connection(object):
 
         try:
             self.sftp = self._connect_sftp()
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection (%s)", e)
 
         try:
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py
index d6e51710b5f..57d26ce6188 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             cmd_parts = powershell._encode_script(script, as_list=True)
         try:
             result = self._winrm_exec(cmd_parts[0], cmd_parts[1:], from_exec=True)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             traceback.print_exc()
             raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to exec cmd %s" % cmd)
         return (result.status_code, '', result.std_out.encode('utf-8'), result.std_err.encode('utf-8'))
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/csvfile.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/csvfile.py
index 87757399ce5..e5fb9a45121 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/csvfile.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/csvfile.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             for row in creader:
                 if row[0] == key:
                     return row[int(col)]
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             raise AnsibleError("csvfile: %s" % str(e))
 
         return dflt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     name, value = param.split('=')
                     assert(name in paramvals)
                     paramvals[name] = value
-            except (ValueError, AssertionError), e:
+            except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
                 raise AnsibleError(e)
 
             if paramvals['delimiter'] == 'TAB':
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py
index 7100f8d96df..75222927c79 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 string = 'NXDOMAIN'
             except dns.resolver.Timeout:
                 string = ''
-            except dns.exception.DNSException, e:
+            except dns.exception.DNSException as e:
                 raise AnsibleError("dns.resolver unhandled exception", e)
 
             ret.append(''.join(string))
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/first_found.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/first_found.py
index 0ed26880150..b1d655b8114 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/first_found.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/first_found.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         for fn in total_search:
             try:
                 fn = templar.template(fn)
-            except (AnsibleUndefinedVariable, UndefinedError), e:
+            except (AnsibleUndefinedVariable, UndefinedError) as e:
                 continue
 
             if os.path.isabs(fn) and os.path.exists(fn):
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py
index 6e13410e1ab..7e812a38c5f 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                         paramvals['chars'] = use_chars
                     else:
                         paramvals[name] = value
-            except (ValueError, AssertionError), e:
+            except (ValueError, AssertionError) as e:
                 raise AnsibleError(e)
 
             length  = paramvals['length']
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 if not os.path.isdir(pathdir):
                     try:
                         os.makedirs(pathdir, mode=0700)
-                    except OSError, e:
+                    except OSError as e:
                         raise AnsibleError("cannot create the path for the password lookup: %s (error was %s)" % (pathdir, str(e)))
 
                 chars = "".join([getattr(string,c,c) for c in use_chars]).replace('"','').replace("'",'')
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/url.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/url.py
index c907bfbce39..1b9c5c0d808 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/url.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/lookup/url.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             try:
                 r = urllib2.Request(term)
                 response = urllib2.urlopen(r)
-            except URLError, e:
+            except URLError as e:
                 utils.warnings("Failed lookup url for %s : %s" % (term, str(e)))
                 continue
-            except HTTPError, e:
+            except HTTPError as e:
                 utils.warnings("Recieved HTTP error for %s : %s" % (term, str(e)))
                 continue
 
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py
index afbc373f4f3..c5b3dd0f066 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/__init__.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class StrategyBase:
 
             self._pending_results += 1
             main_q.put((host, task, self._loader.get_basedir(), task_vars, connection_info, module_loader), block=False)
-        except (EOFError, IOError, AssertionError), e:
+        except (EOFError, IOError, AssertionError) as e:
             # most likely an abort
             debug("got an error while queuing: %s" % e)
             return
diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/free.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/free.py
index 4fd8a132018..d0506d37dda 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/free.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/strategies/free.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class StrategyModule(StrategyBase):
         try:
             results = self._wait_on_pending_results(iterator)
             host_results.extend(results)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             # FIXME: ctrl+c can cause some failures here, so catch them
             #        with the appropriate error type
             print("wtf: %s" % e)
diff --git a/v2/ansible/template/safe_eval.py b/v2/ansible/template/safe_eval.py
index ba377054d7a..c52ef398d76 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/template/safe_eval.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/template/safe_eval.py
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ def safe_eval(expr, locals={}, include_exceptions=False):
             return (result, None)
         else:
             return result
-    except SyntaxError, e:
+    except SyntaxError as e:
         # special handling for syntax errors, we just return
         # the expression string back as-is
         if include_exceptions:
             return (expr, None)
         return expr
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
         if include_exceptions:
             return (expr, e)
         return expr
diff --git a/v2/ansible/utils/hashing.py b/v2/ansible/utils/hashing.py
index 0b2edd434bc..2c7dd534fcb 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/utils/hashing.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/utils/hashing.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def secure_hash(filename, hash_func=sha1):
             digest.update(block)
             block = infile.read(blocksize)
         infile.close()
-    except IOError, e:
+    except IOError as e:
         raise errors.AnsibleError("error while accessing the file %s, error was: %s" % (filename, e))
     return digest.hexdigest()
 
diff --git a/v2/ansible/utils/vault.py b/v2/ansible/utils/vault.py
index 04634aa377b..5c704afac59 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/utils/vault.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/utils/vault.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def read_vault_file(vault_password_file):
         try:
             # STDERR not captured to make it easier for users to prompt for input in their scripts
             p = subprocess.Popen(this_path, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             raise AnsibleError("Problem running vault password script %s (%s). If this is not a script, remove the executable bit from the file." % (' '.join(this_path), e))
         stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
         vault_pass = stdout.strip('\r\n')
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def read_vault_file(vault_password_file):
             f = open(this_path, "rb")
             vault_pass=f.read().strip()
             f.close()
-        except (OSError, IOError), e:
+        except (OSError, IOError) as e:
             raise AnsibleError("Could not read vault password file %s: %s" % (this_path, e))
 
     return vault_pass
diff --git a/v2/ansible/vars/__init__.py b/v2/ansible/vars/__init__.py
index eb75d9c9929..183116ea2d8 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/vars/__init__.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/vars/__init__.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class VariableManager:
 
             try:
                 names = loader.list_directory(path)
-            except os.error, err:
+            except os.error as err:
                 raise AnsibleError("This folder cannot be listed: %s: %s." % (path, err.strerror))
 
             # evaluate files in a stable order rather than whatever
diff --git a/v2/samples/multi.py b/v2/samples/multi.py
index ca4c8b68f74..dce61430594 100644
--- a/v2/samples/multi.py
+++ b/v2/samples/multi.py
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ def results(pipe, workers):
             time.sleep(0.01)
             continue
          pipe.send(result)
-      except (IOError, EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt), e:
+      except (IOError, EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
          debug("got a breaking error: %s" % e)
          break
-      except Exception, e:
+      except Exception as e:
          debug("EXCEPTION DURING RESULTS PROCESSING: %s" % e)
          traceback.print_exc()
          break
diff --git a/v2/samples/multi_queues.py b/v2/samples/multi_queues.py
index 8eb80366076..9e8f22b9a94 100644
--- a/v2/samples/multi_queues.py
+++ b/v2/samples/multi_queues.py
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ def results(final_q, workers):
             time.sleep(0.01)
             continue
          final_q.put(result, block=False)
-      except (IOError, EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt), e:
+      except (IOError, EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
          debug("got a breaking error: %s" % e)
          break
-      except Exception, e:
+      except Exception as e:
          debug("EXCEPTION DURING RESULTS PROCESSING: %s" % e)
          traceback.print_exc()
          break
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ def worker(main_q, res_q, loader):
             time.sleep(0.01)
       except Queue.Empty:
          pass
-      except (IOError, EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt), e:
+      except (IOError, EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
          debug("got a breaking error: %s" % e)
          break
-      except Exception, e:
+      except Exception as e:
          debug("EXCEPTION DURING WORKER PROCESSING: %s" % e)
          traceback.print_exc()
          break