diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/logging/handlers.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/logging/handlers.pyi
index 41ddccad6..605fb2c44 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/logging/handlers.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/logging/handlers.pyi
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class SysLogHandler(Handler):
                  facility: int = ..., socktype: _SocketKind = ...) -> None: ...
     def encodePriority(self, facility: Union[int, str],
                        priority: Union[int, str]) -> int: ...
-    def mapPriority(self, levelName: int) -> str: ...
+    def mapPriority(self, levelName: str) -> str: ...
 
 
 class NTEventLogHandler(Handler):