diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index a3804a945f2..71bb1e75c6a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -1599,6 +1599,13 @@ class ByteArrayTest(BaseBytesTest, unittest.TestCase):
         a = bytearray(b'')
         a.extend([Indexable(ord('a'))])
         self.assertEqual(a, b'a')
+        a = bytearray(b'abc')
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,  # Override for string.
+                               "expected iterable of integers; got: 'str'",
+                               a.extend, 'def')
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,  # But not for others.
+                               "can't extend bytearray with float",
+                               a.extend, 1.0)
 
     def test_remove(self):
         b = bytearray(b'hello')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-12-23-29-17.gh-issue-115323.3t6687.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-12-23-29-17.gh-issue-115323.3t6687.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..171855608fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-02-12-23-29-17.gh-issue-115323.3t6687.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Make error message more meaningful for when :meth:`bytearray.extend` is
+called with a :class:`str` object.
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index acc59b92644..5e3b3affbc7 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -1729,6 +1729,10 @@ bytearray_extend(PyByteArrayObject *self, PyObject *iterable_of_ints)
 
     while ((item = PyIter_Next(it)) != NULL) {
         if (! _getbytevalue(item, &value)) {
+            if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError) && PyUnicode_Check(iterable_of_ints)) {
+                PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                             "expected iterable of integers; got: 'str'");
+            }
             Py_DECREF(item);
             Py_DECREF(it);
             Py_DECREF(bytearray_obj);