diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.h b/src/ex_cmds.h
index e45796f..ee9098a 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds.h
+++ b/src/ex_cmds.h
@@ -743,6 +743,8 @@
 			RANGE|FILE1|NEEDARG|CMDWIN),
 EX(CMD_py3,		"py3",		ex_py3,
 			RANGE|EXTRA|NEEDARG|CMDWIN),
+EX(CMD_python3,		"python3",	ex_py3,
+			RANGE|EXTRA|NEEDARG|CMDWIN),
 EX(CMD_py3file,		"py3file",	ex_py3file,
 			RANGE|FILE1|NEEDARG|CMDWIN),
 EX(CMD_quit,		"quit",		ex_quit,
diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index 2d1a893..760ac64 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -2563,6 +2563,7 @@
 	    case CMD_psearch:
 	    case CMD_python:
 	    case CMD_py3:
+	    case CMD_python3:
 	    case CMD_return:
 	    case CMD_rightbelow:
 	    case CMD_ruby:
@@ -2825,9 +2826,10 @@
     {
 	while (ASCII_ISALPHA(*p))
 	    ++p;
-	/* for python 3.x support ":py3" (and ":py4" :-) */
+	/* for python 3.x support ":py3", ":python3", ":py3file", etc. */
 	if (eap->cmd[0] == 'p' && eap->cmd[1] == 'y')
-	    p = skipdigits(p);
+	    while (ASCII_ISALNUM(*p))
+		++p;
 
 	/* check for non-alpha command */
 	if (p == eap->cmd && vim_strchr((char_u *)"@*!=><&~#", *p) != NULL)