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diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
index 1800861ea..70d03f59f 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autodoc.py
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@ class Documenter(object):
obj = self.get_attr(obj, part)
self.object = obj
return True
- except (SyntaxError, ImportError, AttributeError), err:
+ # this used to only catch SyntaxError, ImportError and AttributeError,
+ # but importing modules with side effects can raise all kinds of errors
+ except Exception, err:
self.directive.warn(
'autodoc can\'t import/find %s %r, it reported error: '
'"%s", please check your spelling and sys.path' %