diff --git a/stdlib/2/commands.pyi b/stdlib/2/commands.pyi
index 864dbf4ff..e321f0844 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/commands.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/commands.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-from typing import Tuple
+from typing import overload, AnyStr, Text, Tuple
 
-def getstatus(file: str) -> str: ...
-def getoutput(cmd: str) -> str: ...
-def getstatusoutput(cmd: str) -> Tuple[int, str]: ...
+def getstatus(file: Text) -> str: ...
+def getoutput(cmd: Text) -> str: ...
+def getstatusoutput(cmd: Text) -> Tuple[int, str]: ...
+
+@overload
+def mk2arg(head: bytes, x: bytes) -> bytes: ...
+@overload
+def mk2arg(head: Text, x: Text) -> Text: ...
+
+def mkarg(x: AnyStr) -> AnyStr: ...