diff --git a/stdlib/2.7/socket.pyi b/stdlib/2.7/socket.pyi
index 807c0f1c4..1c0c83396 100644
--- a/stdlib/2.7/socket.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2.7/socket.pyi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # see: http://nullege.com/codes/search/socket
 # adapted for Python 2.7 by Michal Pokorny
 
-from typing import Any, Tuple, overload, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Tuple, List, Optional, Union, overload
 
 # ----- variables and constants -----
 
@@ -283,24 +283,10 @@ class socket:
     # --- methods ---
     # second tuple item is an address
     def accept(self) -> Tuple['socket', Any]: ...
-
-    @overload
-    def bind(self, address: tuple) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def bind(self, address: str) -> None: ...
-
+    def bind(self, address: Union[tuple, str]) -> None: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
-
-    @overload
-    def connect(self, address: tuple) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def connect(self, address: str) -> None: ...
-
-    @overload
-    def connect_ex(self, address: tuple) -> int: ...
-    @overload
-    def connect_ex(self, address: str) -> int: ...
-
+    def connect(self, address: Union[tuple, str]) -> None: ...
+    def connect_ex(self, address: Union[tuple, str]) -> int: ...
     def detach(self) -> int: ...
     def fileno(self) -> int: ...
 
@@ -309,9 +295,9 @@ class socket:
     def getsockname(self) -> Any: ...
 
     @overload
-    def getsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str) -> str: ...
+    def getsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str) -> int: ...
     @overload
-    def getsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str, buflen: int) -> str: ...
+    def getsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str, buflen: int) -> bytes: ...
 
     def gettimeout(self) -> float: ...
     def ioctl(self, control: object,
@@ -333,21 +319,11 @@ class socket:
     def send(self, data: str, flags=...) -> int: ...
     def sendall(self, data: str, flags=...) -> Any:
         ... # return type: None on success
-
-    @overload
-    def sendto(self, data: str, address: tuple, flags: int = ...) -> int: ...
-    @overload
-    def sendto(self, data: str, address: str, flags: int = ...) -> int: ...
-
+    def sendto(self, data: str, address: Union[tuple, str], flags: int = ...) -> int: ...
     def setblocking(self, flag: bool) -> None: ...
     # TODO None valid for the value argument
     def settimeout(self, value: float) -> None: ...
-
-    @overload
-    def setsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str, value: int) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def setsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str, value: str) -> None: ...
-
+    def setsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str, value: Union[int, str]) -> None: ...
     def shutdown(self, how: int) -> None: ...
 
 
diff --git a/stdlib/3/socket.pyi b/stdlib/3/socket.pyi
index 8261a090a..aeed3508f 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/socket.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/socket.pyi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # see: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/3d0686d90f55/Lib/socket.py
 # see: http://nullege.com/codes/search/socket
 
-from typing import Any, Tuple, Union, List
+from typing import Any, Tuple, Union, List, overload
 
 # ----- variables and constants -----
 
@@ -292,7 +292,12 @@ class socket:
     # return value is an address
     def getpeername(self) -> Any: ...
     def getsockname(self) -> Any: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def getsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str) -> int: ...
+    @overload
     def getsockopt(self, level: int, optname: str, buflen: int) -> bytes: ...
+
     def gettimeout(self) -> float: ...
     def ioctl(self, control: object,
               option: Tuple[int, int, int]) -> None: ...