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@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ area. Also, you won't have to release any memory yourself, except with the
:c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will use this location as the buffer and
interpret the initial value of *\*buffer_length* as the buffer size. It
will then copy the encoded data into the buffer and NUL-terminate it. If
- the buffer is not large enough, a :exc:`ValueError` will be set.
+ the buffer is not large enough, a :exc:`TypeError` will be set.
+ Note: starting from Python 3.6 a :exc:`ValueError` will be set.
In both cases, *\*buffer_length* is set to the length of the encoded data
without the trailing NUL byte.