diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b2ef6db3a..74b638f3f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 1.1.1 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* #801: Make intersphinx work properly without SSL support.
+
 * #805: Make the ``Sphinx.add_index_to_domain`` method work correctly.
 
 * #780: Fix Python 2.5 compatibility.
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py b/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py
index ac229a669..7a1aeb401 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/intersphinx.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ handlers = [urllib2.ProxyHandler(), urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler(),
             urllib2.HTTPHandler()]
 try:
     handlers.append(urllib2.HTTPSHandler)
-except NameError:
+except AttributeError:
     pass
 
 urllib2.install_opener(urllib2.build_opener(*handlers))