diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi
index bf186f332..3e34d394b 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # see: http://nullege.com/codes/search/socket
 # adapted for Python 2.7 by Michal Pokorny
 import sys
-from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple, List, Optional, Union, overload, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple, List, Optional, Union, overload, TypeVar, Text
 
 _WriteBuffer = Union[bytearray, memoryview]
 
@@ -579,13 +579,13 @@ class socket:
 # ----- functions -----
 def create_connection(address: Tuple[Optional[str], int],
                       timeout: float = ...,
-                      source_address: Tuple[str, int] = ...) -> socket: ...
+                      source_address: Tuple[Union[bytearray, bytes, Text], int] = ...) -> socket: ...
 
 # the 5th tuple item is an address
 # TODO the "Tuple[Any, ...]" should be "Union[Tuple[str, int], Tuple[str, int, int, int]]" but that triggers
 # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/2509
 def getaddrinfo(
-        host: Optional[str], port: Union[str, int, None], family: int = ...,
+        host: Optional[Union[bytearray, bytes, Text]], port: Union[str, int, None], family: int = ...,
         socktype: int = ..., proto: int = ...,
         flags: int = ...) -> List[Tuple[int, int, int, str, Tuple[Any, ...]]]:
     ...