diff --git a/bin/nova-logspool b/bin/nova-logspool
index a876f4c71..ccb7effc1 100644
--- a/bin/nova-logspool
+++ b/bin/nova-logspool
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class LogReader(object):
         mkdir = False
         try:
             os.stat(d)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             mkdir = True
         if mkdir:
             os.mkdir(d)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class LogReader(object):
         try:
             os.stat("%s/%s" % (processed_dir, rid))
             rv = True
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
         return rv
 
diff --git a/bin/nova-manage b/bin/nova-manage
index d82d67ea4..51b5597d2 100755
--- a/bin/nova-manage
+++ b/bin/nova-manage
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ class VsaCommands(object):
         if storage is not None:
             try:
                 storage_list = ast.literal_eval(storage)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 print _("Invalid string format %s") % storage
                 raise
 
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ class VsaDriveTypeCommands(object):
         except exception.DBError, e:
             print "DB Error: %s" % e
             sys.exit(2)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             sys.exit(3)
         else:
             print "%s %s" % (name, verb)
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ class InstanceTypeCommands(object):
             print "Currently defined instance_type names and flavorids:"
             self.list("--all")
             sys.exit(2)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print "Unknown error"
             sys.exit(3)
         else:
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ class InstanceTypeCommands(object):
         except exception.DBError, e:
             print "DB Error: %s" % e
             sys.exit(2)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             sys.exit(3)
         else:
             print "%s %s" % (name, verb)
diff --git a/bin/nova-spoolsentry b/bin/nova-spoolsentry
index c53482852..8f54b0929 100755
--- a/bin/nova-spoolsentry
+++ b/bin/nova-spoolsentry
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import urllib
 import urllib2
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
-except:
+except Exception:
     import pickle
 
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class SpoolSentry(object):
                 self.send_data(data)
                 destfile = "%s/processed/%s" % (self.spool_dir, fname)
                 shutil.move(sourcefile, destfile)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 logging.exception("Unable to upload record %s", fname)
                 raise