Leave handling of older versions for INFO cmd to the user.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index f970e81..ebc2c5c 100644
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -432,24 +432,20 @@ class StrictRedis(object):
         "Delete all keys in the current database"
         return self.execute_command('FLUSHDB')
 
-    def info(self, name=None):
+    def info(self, section=None):
         """
         Returns a dictionary containing information about the Redis server
         
-        The name argument is not supported by older versions of Redis Server,
-        and will return an empty dictionary.
+        The ``section`` option can be used to select a specific section 
+        of information
+        
+        The section option is not supported by older versions of Redis Server,
+        and will generate ResponseError
         """
-        if name is None:
+        if section is None:
             return self.execute_command('INFO')
         else:
-            try:
-                return self.execute_command('INFO', name)
-            except ResponseError:
-                e = sys.exc_info()[1]
-                if len(e.args) > 0 and e.args[0] == 'syntax error':
-                    return {}
-                else:
-                    raise
+            return self.execute_command('INFO', section)
 
     def lastsave(self):
         """