diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/_curses.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/_curses.pyi
index 836089f5b..efb7e7994 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/_curses.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/_curses.pyi
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ class _CursesWindow:
     def getbegyx(self) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
     def getbkgd(self) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
     @overload
-    def getch(self) -> _chtype: ...
+    def getch(self) -> int: ...
     @overload
-    def getch(self, y: int, x: int) -> _chtype: ...
+    def getch(self, y: int, x: int) -> int: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
         @overload
         def get_wch(self) -> _chtype: ...