diff --git a/mypy/errorcodes.py b/mypy/errorcodes.py
index 5c28e8332a76c..06e716372f248 100644
--- a/mypy/errorcodes.py
+++ b/mypy/errorcodes.py
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ def __hash__(self) -> int:
 # This is a catch-all for remaining uncategorized errors.
 MISC: Final = ErrorCode("misc", "Miscellaneous other checks", "General")
 
+CALL_ARG_MISC: Final = ErrorCode(
+    "call-arg", "Check number, names and kinds of arguments in calls", "General", sub_code_of=MISC
+)
+# CALL_ARG_MISC reuses the "call-arg" code string, so keep CALL_ARG as the canonical
+# code that "call-arg" resolves to in the registry.
+error_codes[CALL_ARG.code] = CALL_ARG
+
 OVERLOAD_CANNOT_MATCH: Final = ErrorCode(
     "overload-cannot-match",
     "Warn if an @overload signature can never be matched",
diff --git a/mypy/messages.py b/mypy/messages.py
index 93d5f2c212d0e..ffac78201a6cd 100644
--- a/mypy/messages.py
+++ b/mypy/messages.py
@@ -970,8 +970,9 @@ def too_many_positional_arguments(self, callee: CallableType, context: Context)
             msg = "Too many positional arguments"
         else:
             msg = "Too many positional arguments" + for_function(callee)
-        self.fail(msg, context)
+        self.fail(msg, context, code=codes.CALL_ARG_MISC)
         self.maybe_note_about_special_args(callee, context)
+        self.note_defined_here(callee, context, code=codes.CALL_ARG_MISC)
 
     def maybe_note_about_special_args(self, callee: CallableType, context: Context) -> None:
         if self.prefer_simple_messages():
@@ -1018,7 +1019,9 @@ def unexpected_keyword_argument(
         )
         self.note_defined_here(callee, context)
 
-    def note_defined_here(self, callee: CallableType, context: Context) -> None:
+    def note_defined_here(
+        self, callee: CallableType, context: Context, code: ErrorCode = codes.CALL_ARG
+    ) -> None:
         module = find_defining_module(self.modules, callee)
         if (
             module
@@ -1031,7 +1034,7 @@ def note_defined_here(self, callee: CallableType, context: Context) -> None:
                 fname = "Called function"
             else:
                 fname = fname.split(" of ")[0]  # use short method names in the note
-            self.note(f'{fname} defined in "{module.fullname}"', context, code=codes.CALL_ARG)
+            self.note(f'{fname} defined in "{module.fullname}"', context, code=code)
 
     def duplicate_argument_value(self, callee: CallableType, index: int, context: Context) -> None:
         self.fail(
diff --git a/mypy/test/testtypes.py b/mypy/test/testtypes.py
index ac6d24b1ef4c0..6de922cb7f234 100644
--- a/mypy/test/testtypes.py
+++ b/mypy/test/testtypes.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def test_typeddict_type_constructor_signature(self) -> None:
         assert closed.is_closed
 
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            TypedDictType(  # type: ignore[misc]
+            TypedDictType(  # type: ignore[call-arg]
                 {"x": self.fx.o}, {"x"}, set(), self.fx.a, 10, 20, True
             )
 
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-errorcodes.test b/test-data/unit/check-errorcodes.test
index 85a2264c2088b..5296d813334e4 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-errorcodes.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-errorcodes.test
@@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ def h(x: int, y: int, z: int) -> None: pass
 h(y=1, z=1)  # E: Missing positional argument "x" in call to "h"  [call-arg]
 h(y=1)  # E: Missing positional arguments "x", "z" in call to "h"  [call-arg]
 
+[case testTooManyPositionalArgumentsErrorCode]
+def f(a: int, *, b: int) -> None: pass
+f(1, 2)  # E: Too many positional arguments for "f"  [call-arg]
+f(1, 2)  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+f(1, 2)  # type: ignore[misc]
+
+[case testTooManyPositionalArgumentsCoveredByMiscUnused]
+# flags: --warn-unused-ignores
+def f(a: int, *, b: int) -> None: pass
+f(1, 2)  # type: ignore[misc]  # E: Unused "type: ignore" comment, use narrower [call-arg] instead of [misc] code  [unused-ignore]
+
 [case testErrorCodeArgType]
 def f(x: int) -> None: pass
 f('')  # E: Argument 1 to "f" has incompatible type "str"; expected "int"  [arg-type]
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-kwargs.test b/test-data/unit/check-kwargs.test
index f11c2b6f4fc40..6f5e11d85ee48 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-kwargs.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-kwargs.test
@@ -495,6 +495,21 @@ def f(a: int, *, b: str) -> None:
     pass
 f(1)  # E: Missing named argument "b" for "f"
 
+[case testTooManyPositionalArgumentsFromOtherModule]
+import m
+m.f(1, 2)
+[file m.py]
+def f(a: int, *, b: int) -> None:
+    pass
+[out]
+main:2: error: Too many positional arguments for "f"
+main:2: note: "f" defined in "m"
+
+[case testTooManyPositionalArgumentsForSameModule]
+def f(a: int, *, b: int) -> None:
+    pass
+f(1, 2)  # E: Too many positional arguments for "f"
+
 [case testStarArgsAndKwArgsSpecialCase]
 from typing import Dict, Mapping
 
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-namedtuple.test b/test-data/unit/check-namedtuple.test
index 285ae92325d8e..158b95aa598d0 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-namedtuple.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-namedtuple.test
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ main:5: error: Argument "rename" to "namedtuple" has incompatible type "str"; ex
 main:6: error: Unexpected keyword argument "unrecognized_arg" for "namedtuple"
 main:6: note: "namedtuple" defined in "collections"
 main:7: error: Too many positional arguments for "namedtuple"
+main:7: note: "namedtuple" defined in "collections"
 
 [case testNamedTupleDefaults]
 from collections import namedtuple
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-type-aliases.test b/test-data/unit/check-type-aliases.test
index 4d68f93a21eda..e48700c69e38e 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-type-aliases.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-type-aliases.test
@@ -1112,6 +1112,7 @@ reveal_type(t3)  # N: Revealed type is "Any"
 
 T4 = TypeAliasType("T4")  # E: Missing positional argument "value" in call to "TypeAliasType"
 T5 = TypeAliasType("T5", int, str)  # E: Too many positional arguments for "TypeAliasType" \
+                                    # N: "TypeAliasType" defined in "typing_extensions" \
                                     # E: Argument 3 to "TypeAliasType" has incompatible type "type[str]"; expected "tuple[TypeVar? | ParamSpec? | TypeVarTuple?, ...]"
 [builtins fixtures/tuple.pyi]
 [typing fixtures/typing-full.pyi]