diff --git a/readthedocs/api/v2/views/model_views.py b/readthedocs/api/v2/views/model_views.py
index b0ee7dff1cf..086e73ce139 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/v2/views/model_views.py
+++ b/readthedocs/api/v2/views/model_views.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class DisableListEndpoint:
     We are disablng the listing endpoint because it could cause DOS without
     using any type of filtering.
 
-    This class disables these endpoints except:
+    This class disables these endpoints except Exception:
 
      - version resource when passing ``?project__slug=``
      - build resource when using ``?commit=``
diff --git a/readthedocs/proxito/tests/test_hosting.py b/readthedocs/proxito/tests/test_hosting.py
index cc691b1c036..b89b761796b 100644
--- a/readthedocs/proxito/tests/test_hosting.py
+++ b/readthedocs/proxito/tests/test_hosting.py
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ def _normalize_datetime_fields(self, obj):
         try:
             obj["projects"]["current"]["created"] = "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z"
             obj["projects"]["current"]["modified"] = "2019-04-29T12:00:00Z"
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
         try:
             obj["builds"]["current"]["created"] = "2019-04-29T10:00:00Z"
             obj["builds"]["current"]["finished"] = "2019-04-29T10:01:00Z"
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
         return obj
 
diff --git a/readthedocs/vcs_support/backends/git.py b/readthedocs/vcs_support/backends/git.py
index ffd54a61b92..561f48f0308 100644
--- a/readthedocs/vcs_support/backends/git.py
+++ b/readthedocs/vcs_support/backends/git.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def get_remote_fetch_refspec(self):
 
     def clone(self):
         """Clones the repository."""
-        # TODO: We should add "--no-checkout" in all git clone operations, except:
+        # TODO: We should add "--no-checkout" in all git clone operations, except Exception:
         #  There exists a case of version_type=BRANCH without a branch name.
         #  This case is relevant for building projects for the first time without knowing the name
         #  of the default branch. Once this case has been made redundant, we can have