diff --git a/src/_crypt_r.c b/src/_crypt_r.c
index 066ed53..675e68d 100644
--- a/src/_crypt_r.c
+++ b/src/_crypt_r.c
@@ -34,10 +34,17 @@ crypt_r_crypt(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
     Py_ssize_t salt_length;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_Check(args[0])) {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x030d00a6
+        PyErr_Format(
+            PyExc_TypeError, "crypt argument 1 (word) must be string, not %T",
+            args[0]
+        );
+#else
         PyErr_Format(
             PyExc_TypeError, "crypt argument 1 (word) must be string, not %s",
             Py_TYPE(args[0])->tp_name
         );
+#endif
         return NULL;
     }
     word = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(args[0], &word_length);
@@ -53,10 +60,17 @@ crypt_r_crypt(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
     }
 
     if (!PyUnicode_Check(args[1])) {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x030d00a6
+        PyErr_Format(
+            PyExc_TypeError, "crypt argument 2 (salt) must be string, not %T",
+            args[1]
+        );
+#else
         PyErr_Format(
             PyExc_TypeError, "crypt argument 2 (salt) must be string, not %s",
             Py_TYPE(args[1])->tp_name
         );
+#endif
         return NULL;
     }
     salt = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(args[1], &salt_length);
diff --git a/tests/test_crypt_r.py b/tests/test_crypt_r.py
index ef8769e..10d93f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_crypt_r.py
+++ b/tests/test_crypt_r.py
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ def test_invalid_rounds(self):
             with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'support'):
                 self.crypt.mksalt(method, rounds=4096)
 
+    def test_invalid_types(self):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
+                r'^crypt argument 1 \(word\) must be string, not int$'):
+            self.crypt.crypt(42)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError,
+                r'^crypt argument 2 \(salt\) must be string, not int$'):
+            self.crypt.crypt('mypassword', 42)
+
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
     import crypt