diff --git a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt
index 71db93042..bb1337d9e 100644
--- a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt
+++ b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ copy.PyStringMap  # defined only in Jython
 ctypes.CDLL._FuncPtr  # None at class level but initialized in __init__ to this value
 ctypes.memmove  # CFunctionType
 ctypes.memset  # CFunctionType
-ctypes.string_at  # docstring argument name is wrong
-ctypes.wstring_at  # docstring argument name is wrong
 fractions.Fraction.__new__  # overload is too complicated for stubtest to resolve
 ftplib.FTP.trust_server_pasv_ipv4_address  # Dangerous to use, intentionally undocumented, intentionally missing from typeshed. #6154
 functools.cached_property.__set__  # Stub is a white lie; see comments in the stub
diff --git a/stdlib/ctypes/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/ctypes/__init__.pyi
index 8e4505110..36ad425b7 100644
--- a/stdlib/ctypes/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/ctypes/__init__.pyi
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ if sys.platform == "win32":
 
 def memmove(dst: _CVoidPLike, src: _CVoidConstPLike, count: int) -> int: ...
 def memset(dst: _CVoidPLike, c: int, count: int) -> int: ...
-def string_at(address: _CVoidConstPLike, size: int = -1) -> bytes: ...
+def string_at(ptr: _CVoidConstPLike, size: int = -1) -> bytes: ...
 
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     def WinError(code: int | None = None, descr: str | None = None) -> OSError: ...
 
-def wstring_at(address: _CVoidConstPLike, size: int = -1) -> str: ...
+def wstring_at(ptr: _CVoidConstPLike, size: int = -1) -> str: ...
 
 class c_byte(_SimpleCData[int]): ...