diff --git a/builtins/2.7/_sha256.pyi b/builtins/2.7/_sha256.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5181a883
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+++ b/builtins/2.7/_sha256.pyi
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+class sha224(object):
+    name = ...  # type: str
+    block_size = ...  # type: int
+    digest_size = ...  # type: int
+    digestsize = ...  # type: int
+    def copy(self) -> "sha224": ...
+    def digest(self) -> str: ...
+    def hexdigest(self) -> str: ...
+    def update(self, arg: str) -> None: ...
+
+class sha256(object):
+    name = ...  # type: str
+    block_size = ...  # type: int
+    digest_size = ...  # type: int
+    digestsize = ...  # type: int
+    def copy(self) -> "sha256": ...
+    def digest(self) -> str: ...
+    def hexdigest(self) -> str: ...
+    def update(self, arg: str) -> None: ...