diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index 425c0eb1673..74a7b71f10e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -652,6 +652,26 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual([item.group(0) for item in iter],
                          [":", "::", ":::"])
 
+        pat = re.compile(r":+")
+        iter = pat.finditer("a:b::c:::d", 1, 10)
+        self.assertEqual([item.group(0) for item in iter],
+                         [":", "::", ":::"])
+
+        pat = re.compile(r":+")
+        iter = pat.finditer("a:b::c:::d", pos=1, endpos=10)
+        self.assertEqual([item.group(0) for item in iter],
+                         [":", "::", ":::"])
+
+        pat = re.compile(r":+")
+        iter = pat.finditer("a:b::c:::d", endpos=10, pos=1)
+        self.assertEqual([item.group(0) for item in iter],
+                         [":", "::", ":::"])
+
+        pat = re.compile(r":+")
+        iter = pat.finditer("a:b::c:::d", pos=3, endpos=8)
+        self.assertEqual([item.group(0) for item in iter],
+                         ["::", "::"])
+
     def test_bug_926075(self):
         self.assertTrue(re.compile('bug_926075') is not
                      re.compile(b'bug_926075'))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3fe824ffe56..7bbe890863c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Extension Modules
 - Issue #14212: The re module didn't retain a reference to buffers it was
   scanning, resulting in segfaults.
 
+- Issue #14259: The finditer() method of re objects did not take any
+  keyword arguments, contrary to the documentation.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 1?
 ===================================
diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
index 92544808d39..cb1f791242b 100644
--- a/Modules/_sre.c
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ SRE_SEARCH(SRE_STATE* state, SRE_CODE* pattern)
 
 /* see sre.h for object declarations */
 static PyObject*pattern_new_match(PatternObject*, SRE_STATE*, int);
-static PyObject*pattern_scanner(PatternObject*, PyObject*);
+static PyObject*pattern_scanner(PatternObject*, PyObject*, PyObject* kw);
 
 static int
 sre_literal_template(int charsize, char* ptr, Py_ssize_t len)
@@ -2132,13 +2132,13 @@ error:
 
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02020000
 static PyObject*
-pattern_finditer(PatternObject* pattern, PyObject* args)
+pattern_finditer(PatternObject* pattern, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 {
     PyObject* scanner;
     PyObject* search;
     PyObject* iterator;
 
-    scanner = pattern_scanner(pattern, args);
+    scanner = pattern_scanner(pattern, args, kw);
     if (!scanner)
         return NULL;
 
@@ -2576,10 +2576,10 @@ static PyMethodDef pattern_methods[] = {
     {"findall", (PyCFunction) pattern_findall, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
         pattern_findall_doc},
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02020000
-    {"finditer", (PyCFunction) pattern_finditer, METH_VARARGS,
+    {"finditer", (PyCFunction) pattern_finditer, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
         pattern_finditer_doc},
 #endif
-    {"scanner", (PyCFunction) pattern_scanner, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"scanner", (PyCFunction) pattern_scanner, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS},
     {"__copy__", (PyCFunction) pattern_copy, METH_NOARGS},
     {"__deepcopy__", (PyCFunction) pattern_deepcopy, METH_O},
     {NULL, NULL}
@@ -3822,7 +3822,7 @@ static PyTypeObject Scanner_Type = {
 };
 
 static PyObject*
-pattern_scanner(PatternObject* pattern, PyObject* args)
+pattern_scanner(PatternObject* pattern, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 {
     /* create search state object */
 
@@ -3831,7 +3831,9 @@ pattern_scanner(PatternObject* pattern, PyObject* args)
     PyObject* string;
     Py_ssize_t start = 0;
     Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|nn:scanner", &string, &start, &end))
+    static char* kwlist[] = { "source", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|nn:scanner", kwlist,
+                                     &string, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
 
     /* create scanner object */