1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 34267685be..4f833c1f46 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1589,10 +1589,15 @@ min_max(PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds, int op)
     const int positional = PyTuple_Size(args) > 1;
     int ret;
 
-    if (positional)
+    if (positional) {
         v = args;
-    else if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, name, 1, 1, &v))
+    }
+    else if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, name, 1, 1, &v)) {
+        if (PyExceptionClass_Check(PyExc_TypeError)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "%s expected at least 1 argument, got 0", name);
+        }
         return NULL;
+    }
 
     emptytuple = PyTuple_New(0);
     if (emptytuple == NULL)