1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/sqlite/pysqlite.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/sqlite/pysqlite.py
index d827607ba..ad0dd5292 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/sqlite/pysqlite.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/sqlite/pysqlite.py
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ class SQLiteDialect_pysqlite(SQLiteDialect):
         }
     )
 
-    # Py3K
-    #description_encoding = None
+    if not util.py2k:
+        description_encoding = None
 
     driver = 'pysqlite'
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class SQLiteDialect_pysqlite(SQLiteDialect):
     def dbapi(cls):
         try:
             from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite
-        except ImportError, e:
+        except ImportError as e:
             try:
                 from sqlite3 import dbapi2 as sqlite  # try 2.5+ stdlib name.
             except ImportError: