diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 0ef9f4ee88b..63561f7cb12 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1287,13 +1287,13 @@ class _ActionsContainer(object):
         # create the action object, and add it to the parser
         action_class = self._pop_action_class(kwargs)
         if not _callable(action_class):
-            raise ValueError('unknown action "%s"' % action_class)
+            raise ValueError('unknown action "%s"' % (action_class,))
         action = action_class(**kwargs)
 
         # raise an error if the action type is not callable
         type_func = self._registry_get('type', action.type, action.type)
         if not _callable(type_func):
-            raise ValueError('%r is not callable' % type_func)
+            raise ValueError('%r is not callable' % (type_func,))
 
         # raise an error if the metavar does not match the type
         if hasattr(self, "_get_formatter"):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
index e1876534c32..5ecfdc72ea8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -4051,10 +4051,12 @@ class TestInvalidArgumentConstructors(TestCase):
 
     def test_invalid_type(self):
         self.assertValueError('--foo', type='int')
+        self.assertValueError('--foo', type=(int, float))
 
     def test_invalid_action(self):
         self.assertValueError('-x', action='foo')
         self.assertValueError('foo', action='baz')
+        self.assertValueError('--foo', action=('store', 'append'))
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         try:
             parser.add_argument("--foo", action="store-true")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7d817fee8ad..7f672465119 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #9026: Fix order of argparse sub-commands in help messages.
 
+- Issue #9347: Fix formatting for tuples in argparse type= error messages.
+
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