diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6af8ede7..a13b0196 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Bugfixes:
 * Specify encoding when opening files. Prevents `UnicodeDecodeError` on Windows
   when the file contains non-CP1252 characters.
   Contributed by [Avasam](https://github.com/Avasam).
+* Significant changes have been made to the Y041 check. Previously, Y041 flagged
+  "redundant numeric unions" (e.g. `float | int`, `complex | float` or `complex | int`)
+  in all contexts outside of type aliases. This was incorrect. PEP 484 only
+  specifies that type checkers should treat `int` as an implicit subtype of
+  `float` in the specific context of parameter annotations for functions and
+  methods. Y041 has therefore been revised to only emit errors on "redundant
+  numeric unions" in the context of parameter annotations.
 
 ## 22.10.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccf9c6ed..e02afc50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ currently emitted:
 | Y038 | Use `from collections.abc import Set as AbstractSet` instead of `from typing import AbstractSet`. Like Y027, this error code should be switched off in your config file if your stubs support Python 2.
 | Y039 | Use `str` instead of `typing.Text`. This error code is incompatible with stubs supporting Python 2.
 | Y040 | Never explicitly inherit from `object`, as all classes implicitly inherit from `object` in Python 3. This error code is incompatible with stubs supporting Python 2.
-| Y041 | Y041 detects redundant numeric unions. For example, PEP 484 specifies that type checkers should treat `int` as an implicit subtype of `float`, so `int` is redundant in the union `int \| float`. In the same way, `int` is redundant in the union `int \| complex`, and `float` is redundant in the union `float \| complex`.
+| Y041 | Y041 detects redundant numeric unions in the context of parameter annotations. For example, PEP 484 specifies that type checkers should allow `int` objects to be passed to a function, even if the function states that it accepts a `float`. As such, `int` is redundant in the union `int \| float` in the context of a parameter annotation. In the same way, `int` is sometimes redundant in the union `int \| complex`, and `float` is sometimes redundant in the union `float \| complex`.
 | Y042 | Type alias names should use CamelCase rather than snake_case
 | Y043 | Do not use names ending in "T" for private type aliases. (The "T" suffix implies that an object is a `TypeVar`.)
 | Y044 | `from __future__ import annotations` has no effect in stub files, since type checkers automatically treat stubs as having those semantics.
diff --git a/pyi.py b/pyi.py
index e224201b..72462720 100644
--- a/pyi.py
+++ b/pyi.py
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename: Path | None = None) -> None:
         self.string_literals_allowed = NestingCounter()
         self.in_function = NestingCounter()
         self.in_class = NestingCounter()
-        self.visiting_TypeAlias = NestingCounter()
+        self.visiting_arg = NestingCounter()
         # This is only relevant for visiting classes
         self.current_class_node: ast.ClassDef | None = None
 
@@ -1063,8 +1063,7 @@ def visit_Expr(self, node: ast.Expr) -> None:
     _Y043_REGEX = re.compile(r"^_.*[a-z]T\d?$")
 
     def _check_typealias(self, node: ast.AnnAssign, alias_name: str) -> None:
-        with self.visiting_TypeAlias.enabled():
-            self.generic_visit(node)
+        self.generic_visit(node)
         if alias_name.startswith("_"):
             self.typealias_decls[alias_name] = node
         if self._Y042_REGEX.match(alias_name):
@@ -1110,7 +1109,7 @@ def _check_union_members(self, members: Sequence[ast.expr]) -> None:
             self._check_for_Y051_violations(analysis)
             if analysis.multiple_literals_in_union:
                 self._error_for_multiple_literals_in_union(first_union_member, analysis)
-            if not self.visiting_TypeAlias.active:
+            if self.visiting_arg.active:
                 self._check_for_redundant_numeric_unions(first_union_member, analysis)
 
     def _check_for_Y051_violations(self, analysis: UnionAnalysis) -> None:
@@ -1715,7 +1714,8 @@ def _visit_function(self, node: ast.FunctionDef | ast.AsyncFunctionDef) -> None:
     def visit_arg(self, node: ast.arg) -> None:
         if _is_NoReturn(node.annotation):
             self.error(node, Y050)
-        self.generic_visit(node)
+        with self.visiting_arg.enabled():
+            self.generic_visit(node)
 
     def visit_arguments(self, node: ast.arguments) -> None:
         self.generic_visit(node)
diff --git a/tests/union_duplicates.pyi b/tests/union_duplicates.pyi
index 2c515d2b..0d9622c4 100644
--- a/tests/union_duplicates.pyi
+++ b/tests/union_duplicates.pyi
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ just_literals_pipe_union: TypeAlias = Literal[True] | Literal['idk']  # Y042 Typ
 _mixed_pipe_union: TypeAlias = Union[Literal[966], bytes, Literal['baz']]  # Y042 Type aliases should use the CamelCase naming convention  # Y047 Type alias "_mixed_pipe_union" is not used  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal[966, 'baz']".
 ManyLiteralMembersButNeedsCombining: TypeAlias = int | Literal['a', 'b'] | Literal['baz']  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal['a', 'b', 'baz']".
 
-a: int | float  # Y041 Use "float" instead of "int | float" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
-b: Union[builtins.float, str, bytes, builtins.int]  # Y041 Use "float" instead of "int | float" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
+a: int | float  # No error here, Y041 only applies to argument annotations
+b: Union[builtins.float, str, bytes, builtins.int]  # No error here, Y041 only applies to argument annotations
 def func(arg: float | list[str] | type[bool] | complex) -> None: ...  # Y041 Use "complex" instead of "float | complex" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
 
 class Foo:
     def method(self, arg: int | builtins.float | complex) -> None: ...  # Y041 Use "complex" instead of "float | complex" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)  # Y041 Use "complex" instead of "int | complex" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
 
-c: Union[builtins.complex, memoryview, slice, int]  # Y041 Use "complex" instead of "int | complex" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
+c: Union[builtins.complex, memoryview, slice, int]  # No error here, Y041 only applies to argument annotations
 
 # Don't error with Y041 here, the two error messages combined are quite confusing
-d: int | int | float  # Y016 Duplicate union member "int"
+def foo(d: int | int | float) -> None: ...  # Y016 Duplicate union member "int"
 
-f: Literal["foo"] | Literal["bar"] | int | float | builtins.bool  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal['foo', 'bar']".  # Y041 Use "float" instead of "int | float" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
+def bar(f: Literal["foo"] | Literal["bar"] | int | float | builtins.bool) -> None: ...  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal['foo', 'bar']".  # Y041 Use "float" instead of "int | float" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)
 
 # Type aliases are special-cased to be excluded from Y041
 MyTypeAlias: TypeAlias = int | float | bool
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ class Four:
     var: builtins.bool | Literal[True]  # Y051 "Literal[True]" is redundant in a union with "bool"
 
 DupesHereSoNoY051: TypeAlias = int | int | Literal[42]  # Y016 Duplicate union member "int"
-NightmareAlias1 = int | float | Literal[4, b"bar"] | Literal["foo"]  # Y026 Use typing_extensions.TypeAlias for type aliases, e.g. "NightmareAlias1: TypeAlias = int | float | Literal[4, b'bar'] | Literal['foo']"  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal[4, b'bar', 'foo']".  # Y041 Use "float" instead of "int | float" (see "The numeric tower" in PEP 484)  # Y051 "Literal[4]" is redundant in a union with "int"
+NightmareAlias1 = int | float | Literal[4, b"bar"] | Literal["foo"]  # Y026 Use typing_extensions.TypeAlias for type aliases, e.g. "NightmareAlias1: TypeAlias = int | float | Literal[4, b'bar'] | Literal['foo']"  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal[4, b'bar', 'foo']".  # Y051 "Literal[4]" is redundant in a union with "int"
 nightmare_alias2: TypeAlias = int | float | Literal[True, 4] | Literal["foo"]  # Y042 Type aliases should use the CamelCase naming convention  # Y030 Multiple Literal members in a union. Combine them into one, e.g. "Literal[True, 4, 'foo']".  # Y051 "Literal[4]" is redundant in a union with "int"