1diff --git a/sphinx/highlighting.py b/sphinx/highlighting.py
2index ac2bd1b06..63ca52de2 100644
3--- a/sphinx/highlighting.py
4+++ b/sphinx/highlighting.py
5@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from pygments.filters import ErrorToken
6 from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter, LatexFormatter
7 from pygments.lexer import Lexer # NOQA
8 from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name, guess_lexer
9-from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer, Python3Lexer, PythonConsoleLexer, \
10+from pygments.lexers import Python2Lexer, Python3Lexer, PythonConsoleLexer, \
11 CLexer, TextLexer, RstLexer
12 from pygments.styles import get_style_by_name
13 from pygments.util import ClassNotFound
14@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
15
16 lexers = dict(
17 none = TextLexer(stripnl=False),
18- python = PythonLexer(stripnl=False),
19+ python = Python2Lexer(stripnl=False),
20 python3 = Python3Lexer(stripnl=False),
21 pycon = PythonConsoleLexer(stripnl=False),
22 pycon3 = PythonConsoleLexer(python3=True, stripnl=False),