diff --git a/_pytest/python_api.py b/_pytest/python_api.py
index 69ae6ed0e..0b30b7ac8 100644
--- a/_pytest/python_api.py
+++ b/_pytest/python_api.py
@@ -597,6 +597,10 @@ def raises(expected_exception, *args, **kwargs):
             message = kwargs.pop("message")
         if "match" in kwargs:
             match_expr = kwargs.pop("match")
+        if kwargs:
+            msg = 'Unexpected keyword arguments passed to pytest.raises: '
+            msg += ', '.join(kwargs.keys())
+            raise TypeError(msg)
         return RaisesContext(expected_exception, message, match_expr)
     elif isinstance(args[0], str):
         code, = args
diff --git a/changelog/3348.bugfix.rst b/changelog/3348.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cf13ab2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3348.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``pytest.raises`` now raises ``TypeError`` when receiving an unknown keyword argument.
diff --git a/testing/python/raises.py b/testing/python/raises.py
index 183259f6b..156319816 100644
--- a/testing/python/raises.py
+++ b/testing/python/raises.py
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ class TestRaises(object):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError):
             pytest.raises('wrong', lambda: None)
 
+    def test_invalid_arguments_to_raises(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match='unknown'):
+            with pytest.raises(TypeError, unknown='bogus'):
+                raise ValueError()
+
     def test_tuple(self):
         with pytest.raises((KeyError, ValueError)):
             raise KeyError('oops')
diff --git a/testing/test_recwarn.py b/testing/test_recwarn.py
index f1cf542e9..1d99a7656 100644
--- a/testing/test_recwarn.py
+++ b/testing/test_recwarn.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TestDeprecatedCall(object):
             pass
 
         msg = 'Did not produce DeprecationWarning or PendingDeprecationWarning'
-        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, matches=msg):
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
             if mode == 'call':
                 pytest.deprecated_call(f)
             else: