diff --git a/src/plone/api/content.py b/src/plone/api/content.py
index 12f5600..221b37f 100644
--- a/src/plone/api/content.py
+++ b/src/plone/api/content.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def create(
         # UnicodeDecodeError is a subclass of ValueError,
         # so will be swallowed below unless we re-raise it here
         raise
-    except ValueError, e:
+    except ValueError as e:
         if ISiteRoot.providedBy(container):
             allowed_types = container.allowedContentTypes()
             types = [allowed_type.id for allowed_type in allowed_types]