diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index b4659af7cc985f..38b76dd2222da2 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ def _checkLevel(level):
             raise ValueError("Unknown level: %r" % level)
         rv = _nameToLevel[level]
     else:
-        raise TypeError("Level not an integer or a valid string: %r" % level)
+        raise TypeError("Level not an integer or a valid string: %r"
+                        % (level,))
     return rv
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index c797d66aa6452c..352373aee8480c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -3608,7 +3608,15 @@ def tzname(self, dt):
 
 utc = UTC()
 
-class FormatterTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class AssertErrorMessage:
+
+    def assert_error_message(self, exception, message, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            self.assertRaises((), *args, **kwargs)
+        except exception as e:
+            self.assertEqual(message, str(e))
+
+class FormatterTest(unittest.TestCase, AssertErrorMessage):
     def setUp(self):
         self.common = {
             'name': 'formatter.test',
@@ -3629,12 +3637,6 @@ def get_record(self, name=None):
             result.update(self.variants[name])
         return logging.makeLogRecord(result)
 
-    def assert_error_message(self, exception, message, *args, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            self.assertRaises(exception, *args, **kwargs)
-        except exception as e:
-            self.assertEqual(message, e.message)
-
     def test_percent(self):
         # Test %-formatting
         r = self.get_record()
@@ -3753,7 +3755,7 @@ def test_format_validate(self):
         # Testing failure for '-' in field name
         self.assert_error_message(
             ValueError,
-            "invalid field name/expression: 'name-thing'",
+            "invalid format: invalid field name/expression: 'name-thing'",
             logging.Formatter, "{name-thing}", style="{"
         )
         # Testing failure for style mismatch
@@ -3776,7 +3778,7 @@ def test_format_validate(self):
         # Testing failure for invalid spec
         self.assert_error_message(
             ValueError,
-            "bad specifier: '.2ff'",
+            "invalid format: bad specifier: '.2ff'",
             logging.Formatter, '{process:.2ff}', style='{'
         )
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, logging.Formatter, '{process:.2Z}', style='{')
@@ -3786,12 +3788,12 @@ def test_format_validate(self):
         # Testing failure for mismatch braces
         self.assert_error_message(
             ValueError,
-            "invalid format: unmatched '{' in format spec",
+            "invalid format: expected '}' before end of string",
             logging.Formatter, '{process', style='{'
         )
         self.assert_error_message(
             ValueError,
-            "invalid format: unmatched '{' in format spec",
+            "invalid format: Single '}' encountered in format string",
             logging.Formatter, 'process}', style='{'
         )
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, logging.Formatter, '{{foo!r:4.2}', style='{')
@@ -4531,7 +4533,7 @@ def process(self, msg, kwargs):
         self.assertIs(self.logger.manager, orig_manager)
 
 
-class LoggerTest(BaseTest):
+class LoggerTest(BaseTest, AssertErrorMessage):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(LoggerTest, self).setUp()
@@ -4543,7 +4545,12 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.addCleanup(logging.shutdown)
 
     def test_set_invalid_level(self):
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.logger.setLevel, object())
+        self.assert_error_message(
+            TypeError, 'Level not an integer or a valid string: None',
+            self.logger.setLevel, None)
+        self.assert_error_message(
+            TypeError, 'Level not an integer or a valid string: (0, 0)',
+            self.logger.setLevel, (0, 0))
 
     def test_exception(self):
         msg = 'testing exception: %r'