diff --git a/stdlib/2/typing.pyi b/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
index db7c77a2e..bea5ba985 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ class Match(Generic[AnyStr]):
 
     def groups(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> Tuple[AnyStr, ...]: ...
     def groupdict(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> Dict[str, AnyStr]: ...
-    def start(self, group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
-    def end(self, group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
-    def span(self, group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
+    def start(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
+    def end(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
+    def span(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
     @property
     def regs(self) -> Tuple[Tuple[int, int], ...]: ...  # undocumented
 
diff --git a/stdlib/3/re.pyi b/stdlib/3/re.pyi
index 259f787c6..bfab4819a 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/re.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/re.pyi
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def subn(pattern: Pattern[AnyStr], repl: Callable[[Match[AnyStr]], AnyStr],
          string: AnyStr, count: int = ...,
          flags: _FlagsType = ...) -> Tuple[AnyStr, int]: ...
 
-def escape(string: AnyStr) -> AnyStr: ...
+def escape(pattern: AnyStr) -> AnyStr: ...
 
 def purge() -> None: ...
 def template(pattern: Union[AnyStr, Pattern[AnyStr]], flags: _FlagsType = ...) -> Pattern[AnyStr]: ...
diff --git a/stdlib/3/typing.pyi b/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
index b6a0bb39d..2f7d69b19 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ class Match(Generic[AnyStr]):
 
     def groups(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> Sequence[AnyStr]: ...
     def groupdict(self, default: AnyStr = ...) -> dict[str, AnyStr]: ...
-    def start(self, group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
-    def end(self, group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
-    def span(self, group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
+    def start(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
+    def end(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> int: ...
+    def span(self, __group: Union[int, str] = ...) -> Tuple[int, int]: ...
     @property
     def regs(self) -> Tuple[Tuple[int, int], ...]: ...  # undocumented
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt
index ec63cb14e..1c800f387 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py38.txt
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ pyclbr.Function.__init__
 queue.SimpleQueue.__init__
 random.Random.getrandbits
 random.getrandbits
-re.Match.end
-re.Match.span
-re.Match.start
 resource.getrlimit
 resource.getrusage
 resource.setrlimit
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt
index 287d5bc0a..60b0b2853 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_whitelists/py3_common.txt
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ random.Random.triangular
 random.SystemRandom.getstate
 random.randrange
 random.triangular
-re.escape
 runpy.run_path
 sched.Event.__doc__
 select.EPOLL_RDHUP