Index: Lib/pydoc.py
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--- Lib/pydoc.py	(revision 73093)
+++ Lib/pydoc.py	(working copy)
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
             # A SyntaxError occurred before we could execute the module.
             raise ErrorDuringImport(value.filename, info)
         elif exc is ImportError and \
-             split(lower(str(value)))[:2] == ['no', 'module']:
+             split(str(value)) == ['No', 'module', 'named', path]:
             # The module was not found.
             return None
         else:
Index: Lib/test/badimport_module.py
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--- Lib/test/badimport_module.py	(revision 0)
+++ Lib/test/badimport_module.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"""
+Module with bad import. See issue #5230
+"""
+import this_is_not_a_module
Index: Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
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--- Lib/test/test_pydoc.py	(revision 73093)
+++ Lib/test/test_pydoc.py	(working copy)
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
 # output pattern for missing module
 missing_pattern = "no Python documentation found for '%s'"
 
+# output pattern for module with bad imports
+badimport_pattern = "problem in %s - <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named %s"
+
 def run_pydoc(module_name, *args):
     """
     Runs pydoc on the specified module. Returns the stripped
@@ -237,6 +240,13 @@
         self.assertEqual(expected, result,
             "documentation for missing module found")
 
+    def test_badimport(self):
+        badimport_module = "badimport_module"
+        result = run_pydoc(badimport_module)
+        expected = badimport_pattern % (badimport_module, "this_is_not_a_module")
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result,
+            "documentation for module with bad import found")
+
     def test_input_strip(self):
         missing_module = " test.i_am_not_here "
         result = run_pydoc(missing_module)