diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py
index 676862185b4..2eacf01cd96 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_transit_gateway_info.py
@@ -166,9 +166,8 @@
 
 try:
     from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
-except Exception:
-    pass
-    # handled by imported AnsibleAWSModule
+except ImportError:
+    pass  # handled by imported AnsibleAWSModule
 
 from ansible_collections.amazon.aws.plugins.module_utils.core import AnsibleAWSModule
 from ansible_collections.amazon.aws.plugins.module_utils.ec2 import (