diff --git a/stdlib/typing_extensions.pyi b/stdlib/typing_extensions.pyi
index 90bb75765..7a5f3fe35 100644
--- a/stdlib/typing_extensions.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/typing_extensions.pyi
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def final(f: _F) -> _F: ...
 
 Literal: _SpecialForm = ...
 
-def IntVar(__name: str) -> Any: ...  # returns a new TypeVar
+def IntVar(name: str) -> Any: ...  # returns a new TypeVar
 
 # Internal mypy fallback type for all typed dicts (does not exist at runtime)
 class _TypedDict(Mapping[str, object], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):