diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index ba85a49..a5837e9 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                 val = mapping[named]
                 # We use this idiom instead of str() because the latter will
                 # fail if val is a Unicode containing non-ASCII characters.
-                return '%s' % val
+                return '%s' % (val,)
             if mo.group('escaped') is not None:
                 return self.delimiter
             if mo.group('invalid') is not None:
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@
                 try:
                     # We use this idiom instead of str() because the latter
                     # will fail if val is a Unicode containing non-ASCII
-                    return '%s' % mapping[named]
+                    return '%s' % (mapping[named],)
                 except KeyError:
                     return self.delimiter + named
             braced = mo.group('braced')
             if braced is not None:
                 try:
-                    return '%s' % mapping[braced]
+                    return '%s' % (mapping[braced],)
                 except KeyError:
                     return self.delimiter + '{' + braced + '}'
             if mo.group('escaped') is not None:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pep292.py b/Lib/test/test_pep292.py
index 2a4353a..d1100ea 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pep292.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pep292.py
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
         s = Template('tim has eaten ${count} bags of ham today')
         eq(s.substitute(d), 'tim has eaten 7 bags of ham today')
 
+    def test_tupleargs(self):
+        eq = self.assertEqual
+        s = Template('$who ate ${meal}')
+        d = dict(who=('tim', 'fred'), meal=('ham', 'kung pao'))
+        eq(s.substitute(d), "('tim', 'fred') ate ('ham', 'kung pao')")
+        eq(s.safe_substitute(d), "('tim', 'fred') ate ('ham', 'kung pao')")
+
     def test_SafeTemplate(self):
         eq = self.assertEqual
         s = Template('$who likes ${what} for ${meal}')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 34795a4..e45bd1e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- string.Template() now correctly handles tuple-values. Previously,
+  multi-value tuples would raise an exception and single-value tuples would
+  be treated as the value they contain, instead.
+
 - Bug #822974: Honor timeout in telnetlib.{expect,read_until}
   even if some data are received.