diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-06-21-17-19-31.bpo-32500.WGCNad.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-06-21-17-19-31.bpo-32500.WGCNad.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..71e00a005e2709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2018-06-21-17-19-31.bpo-32500.WGCNad.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fixed error messages for :c:func:`PySequence_Size`,
+:c:func:`PySequence_GetItem`, :c:func:`PySequence_SetItem` and
+:c:func:`PySequence_DelItem` called with a mapping and
+:c:func:`PyMapping_Size` called with a sequence.
diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 192ade115789b5..8d3030a118ae54 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1531,6 +1531,10 @@ PySequence_Size(PyObject *s)
         return len;
     }
 
+    if (s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping && s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping->mp_length) {
+        type_error("%.200s is not a sequence", s);
+        return -1;
+    }
     type_error("object of type '%.200s' has no len()", s);
     return -1;
 }
@@ -1677,6 +1681,9 @@ PySequence_GetItem(PyObject *s, Py_ssize_t i)
         return m->sq_item(s, i);
     }
 
+    if (s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping && s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping->mp_subscript) {
+        return type_error("%.200s is not a sequence", s);
+    }
     return type_error("'%.200s' object does not support indexing", s);
 }
 
@@ -1728,6 +1735,10 @@ PySequence_SetItem(PyObject *s, Py_ssize_t i, PyObject *o)
         return m->sq_ass_item(s, i, o);
     }
 
+    if (s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping && s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping->mp_ass_subscript) {
+        type_error("%.200s is not a sequence", s);
+        return -1;
+    }
     type_error("'%.200s' object does not support item assignment", s);
     return -1;
 }
@@ -1757,6 +1768,10 @@ PySequence_DelItem(PyObject *s, Py_ssize_t i)
         return m->sq_ass_item(s, i, (PyObject *)NULL);
     }
 
+    if (s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping && s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping->mp_ass_subscript) {
+        type_error("%.200s is not a sequence", s);
+        return -1;
+    }
     type_error("'%.200s' object doesn't support item deletion", s);
     return -1;
 }
@@ -2093,6 +2108,11 @@ PyMapping_Size(PyObject *o)
         return len;
     }
 
+    if (o->ob_type->tp_as_sequence && o->ob_type->tp_as_sequence->sq_length) {
+        type_error("%.200s is not a mapping", o);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    /* PyMapping_Size() can be called from PyObject_Size(). */
     type_error("object of type '%.200s' has no len()", o);
     return -1;
 }