diff --git a/Lib/test/test_call.py b/Lib/test/test_call.py
index 45b34e46a5a..75a4a9ff812 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_call.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_call.py
@@ -160,19 +160,22 @@ class CFunctionCallsErrorMessages(unittest.TestCase):
         msg = r"^from_bytes\(\) takes at most 2 positional arguments \(3 given\)"
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, int.from_bytes, b'a', 'little', False)
 
-    def test_varargs4(self):
+    def test_varargs1min(self):
         msg = r"get expected at least 1 argument, got 0"
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, {}.get)
 
-    def test_varargs5(self):
+        msg = r"expected 1 argument, got 0"
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, {}.__delattr__)
+
+    def test_varargs2min(self):
         msg = r"getattr expected at least 2 arguments, got 0"
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, getattr)
 
-    def test_varargs6(self):
+    def test_varargs1max(self):
         msg = r"input expected at most 1 argument, got 2"
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, input, 1, 2)
 
-    def test_varargs7(self):
+    def test_varargs2max(self):
         msg = r"get expected at most 2 arguments, got 3"
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, {}.get, 1, 2, 3)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py b/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
index 44a01a48105..d9bcb1d75bd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_getargs2.py
@@ -682,11 +682,11 @@ class PositionalOnlyAndKeywords_TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.getargs(1), (1, -1, -1))
         # required positional arg missing
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
-            r"function takes at least 1 positional arguments \(0 given\)"):
+            r"function takes at least 1 positional argument \(0 given\)"):
             self.getargs()
 
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
-            r"function takes at least 1 positional arguments \(0 given\)"):
+            r"function takes at least 1 positional argument \(0 given\)"):
             self.getargs(keyword=3)
 
     def test_empty_keyword(self):
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ class ParseTupleAndKeywords_Test(unittest.TestCase):
             parse((1,), {'a': 3}, 'OOO', ['', '', 'a'])
         parse((1,), {}, 'O|OO', ['', '', 'a'])
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
-               r'function takes at least 1 positional arguments \(0 given\)'):
+               r'function takes at least 1 positional argument \(0 given\)'):
             parse((), {}, 'O|OO', ['', '', 'a'])
         parse((1, 2), {'a': 3}, 'OO$O', ['', '', 'a'])
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ class ParseTupleAndKeywords_Test(unittest.TestCase):
             parse((1,), {'a': 3}, 'OO$O', ['', '', 'a'])
         parse((1,), {}, 'O|O$O', ['', '', 'a'])
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
-               r'function takes at least 1 positional arguments \(0 given\)'):
+               r'function takes at least 1 positional argument \(0 given\)'):
             parse((), {}, 'O|O$O', ['', '', 'a'])
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(SystemError, r'Empty parameter name after \$'):
             parse((1,), {}, 'O|$OO', ['', '', 'a'])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-07-24-11-57-35.bpo-34193.M6ch1Q.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-07-24-11-57-35.bpo-34193.M6ch1Q.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da2a6116d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-07-24-11-57-35.bpo-34193.M6ch1Q.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix pluralization in TypeError messages in getargs.c and typeobject.c:
+'1 argument' instead of '1 arguments' and '1 element' instead of '1 elements'.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index d1f1e8cd24b..ace45ba5794 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -5434,7 +5434,7 @@ check_num_args(PyObject *ob, int n)
         return 1;
     PyErr_Format(
         PyExc_TypeError,
-        "expected %d arguments, got %zd", n, PyTuple_GET_SIZE(ob));
+        "expected %d argument%s, got %zd", n, n == 1 ? "" : "s", PyTuple_GET_SIZE(ob));
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/Python/getargs.c b/Python/getargs.c
index ac8bac3bf50..00e330dc5d3 100644
--- a/Python/getargs.c
+++ b/Python/getargs.c
@@ -540,8 +540,10 @@ converttuple(PyObject *arg, const char **p_format, va_list *p_va, int flags,
         levels[0] = 0;
         if (toplevel) {
             PyOS_snprintf(msgbuf, bufsize,
-                          "expected %d arguments, not %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d",
-                          n, len);
+                          "expected %d argument%s, not %" PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T "d",
+                          n,
+                          n == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                          len);
         }
         else {
             PyOS_snprintf(msgbuf, bufsize,
@@ -1718,12 +1720,14 @@ vgetargskeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs, const char *format,
                 }
                 else {
                     PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                                 "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional arguments"
+                                 "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional argument%s"
                                  " (%d given)",
                                  (fname == NULL) ? "function" : fname,
                                  (fname == NULL) ? "" : "()",
                                  (min != INT_MAX) ? "at most" : "exactly",
-                                 max, nargs);
+                                 max,
+                                 max == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                                 nargs);
                 }
                 return cleanreturn(0, &freelist);
             }
@@ -1797,12 +1801,14 @@ vgetargskeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs, const char *format,
 
     if (skip) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                     "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional arguments"
+                     "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional argument%s"
                      " (%d given)",
                      (fname == NULL) ? "function" : fname,
                      (fname == NULL) ? "" : "()",
                      (Py_MIN(pos, min) < i) ? "at least" : "exactly",
-                     Py_MIN(pos, min), nargs);
+                     Py_MIN(pos, min),
+                     Py_MIN(pos, min) == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                     nargs);
         return cleanreturn(0, &freelist);
     }
 
@@ -2104,11 +2110,13 @@ vgetargskeywordsfast_impl(PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
         }
         else {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                         "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional arguments (%d given)",
+                         "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional argument%s (%d given)",
                          (parser->fname == NULL) ? "function" : parser->fname,
                          (parser->fname == NULL) ? "" : "()",
                          (parser->min != INT_MAX) ? "at most" : "exactly",
-                         parser->max, nargs);
+                         parser->max,
+                         parser->max == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                         nargs);
         }
         return cleanreturn(0, &freelist);
     }
@@ -2152,12 +2160,14 @@ vgetargskeywordsfast_impl(PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
             if (i < pos) {
                 Py_ssize_t min = Py_MIN(pos, parser->min);
                 PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                             "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional arguments"
+                             "%.200s%s takes %s %d positional argument%s"
                              " (%d given)",
                              (parser->fname == NULL) ? "function" : parser->fname,
                              (parser->fname == NULL) ? "" : "()",
                              min < parser->max ? "at least" : "exactly",
-                             min, nargs);
+                             min,
+                             min == 1 ? "" : "s",
+                             nargs);
             }
             else {
                 keyword = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(kwtuple, i - pos);
@@ -2417,9 +2427,9 @@ unpack_stack(PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, const char *name,
         else
             PyErr_Format(
                 PyExc_TypeError,
-                "unpacked tuple should have %s%zd elements,"
+                "unpacked tuple should have %s%zd element%s,"
                 " but has %zd",
-                (min == max ? "" : "at least "), min, nargs);
+                (min == max ? "" : "at least "), min, min == 1 ? "" : "s", nargs);
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -2436,9 +2446,9 @@ unpack_stack(PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, const char *name,
         else
             PyErr_Format(
                 PyExc_TypeError,
-                "unpacked tuple should have %s%zd elements,"
+                "unpacked tuple should have %s%zd element%s,"
                 " but has %zd",
-                (min == max ? "" : "at most "), max, nargs);
+                (min == max ? "" : "at most "), max, max == 1 ? "" : "s", nargs);
         return 0;
     }