diff -r f647a2c5f290 Modules/binascii.c
--- a/Modules/binascii.c	Sat Nov 02 10:54:58 2013 +0200
+++ b/Modules/binascii.c	Sat Nov 02 21:41:22 2013 +0800
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@
     if (PyObject_GetBuffer(arg, buf, PyBUF_SIMPLE) != 0) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "argument should be bytes, buffer or ASCII string, "
-                     "not %R", Py_TYPE(arg));
+                     "not %.200s", Py_TYPE(arg)->tp_name);
         return 0;
     }
     if (!PyBuffer_IsContiguous(buf, 'C')) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "argument should be a contiguous buffer, "
-                     "not %R", Py_TYPE(arg));
+                     "not %.200s", Py_TYPE(arg)->tp_name);
         PyBuffer_Release(buf);
         return 0;
     }