diff --git a/Lib/test/test_extcall.py b/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
index 3eea121..bb922c8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_extcall.py
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@
     ...     print a,b
     >>> f(**x)
     1 2
+
+A obscure message:
+
+    >>> def f(a, b):
+    ...    pass
+    >>> f(b=1)
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    TypeError: f() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
 """
 
 import unittest
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 895c753..f93486e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #6474: Make error message from passing an inadequate number of keyword
+  arguments to a function correct.
+
 - Issue #8164: Don't allow lambda functions to have a docstring.
 
 - Issue #3137: Don't ignore errors at startup, especially a keyboard interrupt
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 7ce3e51..4b0ff7e 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -3055,11 +3055,10 @@
 			if (!(co->co_flags & CO_VARARGS)) {
 				PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				    "%.200s() takes %s %d "
-				    "%sargument%s (%d given)",
+				    "argument%s (%d given)",
 				    PyString_AsString(co->co_name),
 				    defcount ? "at most" : "exactly",
 				    co->co_argcount,
-				    kwcount ? "non-keyword " : "",
 				    co->co_argcount == 1 ? "" : "s",
 				    argcount);
 				goto fail;
@@ -3150,15 +3149,18 @@
 			int m = co->co_argcount - defcount;
 			for (i = argcount; i < m; i++) {
 				if (GETLOCAL(i) == NULL) {
+					int j, given = 0;
+					for (j = 0; j < co->co_argcount; j++)
+						if (GETLOCAL(j))
+							given++;
 					PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 					    "%.200s() takes %s %d "
-					    "%sargument%s (%d given)",
+					    "argument%s (%d given)",
 					    PyString_AsString(co->co_name),
 					    ((co->co_flags & CO_VARARGS) ||
 					     defcount) ? "at least"
 						       : "exactly",
-					    m, kwcount ? "non-keyword " : "",
-					    m == 1 ? "" : "s", i);
+					    m, m == 1 ? "" : "s", given);
 					goto fail;
 				}
 			}