diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index b829a315cb69a6c727cbe3dad6faba5c0ae64869..eed36af065868ee1c2254df28888d1b67f14a599 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -557,5 +557,5 @@ min-public-methods=2
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
 # "BaseException, Exception".
-overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
-                       Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,
+                       builtins.Exception