diff --git a/stdlib/3/asyncio/events.pyi b/stdlib/3/asyncio/events.pyi
index cc5500bc7..acfd61031 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/asyncio/events.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/asyncio/events.pyi
@@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ class AbstractEventLoop(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     def remove_signal_handler(self, sig: int) -> None: ...
     # Error handlers.
     @abstractmethod
-    def set_exception_handler(self, handler: _ExceptionHandler) -> None: ...
-    @abstractmethod
-    def get_exception_handler(self) -> _ExceptionHandler: ...
+    def set_exception_handler(self, handler: Optional[_ExceptionHandler]) -> None: ...
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
+        @abstractmethod
+        def get_exception_handler(self) -> Optional[_ExceptionHandler]: ...
     @abstractmethod
     def default_exception_handler(self, context: _Context) -> None: ...
     @abstractmethod