diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-29-16-45-12.bpo-41638.iZfW5N.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-29-16-45-12.bpo-41638.iZfW5N.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ab7b5e9903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-29-16-45-12.bpo-41638.iZfW5N.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:exc:`~sqlite3.ProgrammingError` message for absent parameter in :mod:`sqlite3`
+contains now the name of the parameter instead of its index when parameters
+are supplied as a dict.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
index 9de8f9b6722..26599b423eb 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void pysqlite_statement_bind_parameters(pysqlite_Statement* self, PyObject* para
             Py_DECREF(binding_name_obj);
             if (!current_param) {
                 if (!PyErr_Occurred() || PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_LookupError)) {
-                    PyErr_Format(pysqlite_ProgrammingError, "You did not supply a value for binding %d.", i);
+                    PyErr_Format(pysqlite_ProgrammingError, "You did not supply a value for binding parameter :%s.", binding_name);
                 }
                 return;
             }