diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi.py b/Lib/test/test_capi.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
import pickle
import random
import re
import subprocess
import sys
import sysconfig
@@ -489,6 +490,37 @@ def test_skipitem(self):
                    c, i, when_skipped, when_not_skipped))
            self.assertIs(when_skipped, when_not_skipped, message)

    def test_parse_tuple_and_keywords(self):
        # Test handling errors in the parse_tuple_and_keywords helper itself
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, _testcapi.parse_tuple_and_keywords,

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-07-09-11-39-54.bpo-23927.pDFkxb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-07-09-11-39-54.bpo-23927.pDFkxb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@