diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/netrc.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/netrc.pyi
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+from typing import AnyStr, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, overload
+
+
+class NetrcParseError(Exception):
+    filename: Optional[str]
+    lineno: Optional[int]
+    msg: str
+
+
+# (login, account, password) tuple
+_NetrcTuple = Tuple[str, Optional[str], Optional[str]]
+
+
+class netrc:
+    hosts: Dict[str, _NetrcTuple]
+    macros: Dict[str, List[str]]
+
+    def __init__(self, file: str = ...) -> None: ...
+    def authenticators(self, host: str) -> Optional[_NetrcTuple]: ...