diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index cb5e235628d..5a231c81d4e 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ type_new(PyTypeObject *metatype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         }
 
         /* SF bug 475327 -- if that didn't trigger, we need 3
-           arguments. but PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords below may give
+           arguments. but PyArg_ParseTuple below may give
            a msg saying type() needs exactly 3. */
         if (nargs != 3) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,