diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmath.py b/Lib/test/test_cmath.py
index e091bd6..7c5f4a5 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmath.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
     def test_constants(self):
         e_expected = 2.71828182845904523536
         pi_expected = 3.14159265358979323846
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(cmath.pi, pi_expected, 9,
-            "cmath.pi is %s; should be %s" % (cmath.pi, pi_expected))
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(cmath.e,  e_expected, 9,
-            "cmath.e is %s; should be %s" % (cmath.e, e_expected))
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(cmath.pi, pi_expected, places=9,
+            msg="cmath.pi is %s; should be %s" % (cmath.pi, pi_expected))
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(cmath.e,  e_expected, places=9,
+            msg="cmath.e is %s; should be %s" % (cmath.e, e_expected))
 
     def test_user_object(self):
         # Test automatic calling of __complex__ and __float__ by cmath
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index 1989786..3023d08 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@
                 s1 += e
                 s2 += (e - mu) ** 2
             N = len(y)
-            self.assertAlmostEqual(s1/N, mu, 2)
-            self.assertAlmostEqual(s2/(N-1), sigmasqrd, 2)
+            self.assertAlmostEqual(s1/N, mu, places=2)
+            self.assertAlmostEqual(s2/(N-1), sigmasqrd, places=2)
 
 class TestModule(unittest.TestCase):
     def testMagicConstants(self):