diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index fae70dd13b..e655ba19e8 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -6171,7 +6171,7 @@ long_vectorcall(PyObject *type, PyObject * const*args,
return long_new_impl(_PyType_CAST(type), args[0], args[1]);
default:
return PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
- "int expected at most 2 argument%s, got %zd",
+ "int expected at most 2 arguments, got %zd",
nargs);
}
}