diff -r f70c16189876 -r cfabe07bc98f Lib/distutils/command/check.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/check.py	Mon Dec 15 20:45:23 2014 -0800
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/check.py	Mon Dec 15 23:56:11 2014 -0800
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         """Returns warnings when the provided data doesn't compile."""
         source_path = StringIO()
         parser = Parser()
-        settings = frontend.OptionParser().get_default_values()
+        settings = frontend.OptionParser(components=(Parser,)).get_default_values()
         settings.tab_width = 4
         settings.pep_references = None
         settings.rfc_references = None
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
         document.note_source(source_path, -1)
         try:
             parser.parse(data, document)
-        except AttributeError:
-            reporter.messages.append((-1, 'Could not finish the parsing.',
-                                      '', {}))
+        except AttributeError as e:
+            reporter.messages.append(
+                (-1, 'Could not finish the parsing: %s.' % e, '', {}))
 
         return reporter.messages