diff --git a/docs/news.txt b/docs/news.txt
index 9e7f7b77e..f8a3521c5 100644
--- a/docs/news.txt
+++ b/docs/news.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 News for pip
-==================
+============
+
+svn trunk
+---------
+
+* Fixed small problem that prevented using ``pip.py`` without actually
+  installing pip.
 
 0.2
 ---
diff --git a/pip.py b/pip.py
index 9e99272c3..c285023a1 100644
--- a/pip.py
+++ b/pip.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ try:
     pip_dist = pkg_resources.get_distribution('pip')
     version = '%s from %s (python %s)' % (
         pip_dist, pip_dist.location, sys.version[:3])
-except DistributionNotFound:
+except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
     # when running pip.py without installing
     version=None