diff --git a/stdlib/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/builtins.pyi
index 0fd0d7655..9dbbc91b7 100644
--- a/stdlib/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/builtins.pyi
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class int:
     def __pow__(self, __value: _PositiveInteger, __mod: None = None) -> int: ...
     @overload
     def __pow__(self, __value: _NegativeInteger, __mod: None = None) -> float: ...
-    # positive x -> int; negative x -> float
+    # positive __value -> int; negative __value -> float
     # return type must be Any as `int | float` causes too many false-positive errors
     @overload
     def __pow__(self, __value: int, __mod: None = None) -> Any: ...
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class float:
     def __divmod__(self, __value: float) -> tuple[float, float]: ...
     @overload
     def __pow__(self, __value: int, __mod: None = None) -> float: ...
-    # positive x -> float; negative x -> complex
+    # positive __value -> float; negative __value -> complex
     # return type must be Any as `float | complex` causes too many false-positive errors
     @overload
     def __pow__(self, __value: float, __mod: None = None) -> Any: ...