diff -r 55007370d46c Lib/test/test_builtin.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py	Wed Apr 09 11:45:14 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py	Tue Apr 08 14:33:02 2014 -0400
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@
         self.assertAlmostEqual(pow(-1, 0.5), 1j)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(pow(-1, 1/3), 0.5 + 0.8660254037844386j)
 
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pow, -1, -2, 3)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, pow, -1, -2, 3)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, pow, 1, 2, 0)
 
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, pow)
diff -r 55007370d46c Objects/longobject.c
--- a/Objects/longobject.c	Wed Apr 09 11:45:14 2014 -0400
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c	Tue Apr 08 14:33:02 2014 -0400
@@ -3841,7 +3841,7 @@
 
     if (Py_SIZE(b) < 0) {  /* if exponent is negative */
         if (c) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "pow() 2nd argument "
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "pow() 2nd argument "
                             "cannot be negative when 3rd argument specified");
             goto Error;
         }