diff --git a/Lib/std/std_except.i b/Lib/std/std_except.i
index 587bb3150..53562c835 100644
--- a/Lib/std/std_except.i
+++ b/Lib/std/std_except.i
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     } else {
       SWIG_fail;
     } %}
-#elif
+#else
   %include "exception.i"
   %typemap(throws) std::out_of_range %{
     SWIG_exception(SWIG_IndexError, $1.what()); %}