diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/logging/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/logging/__init__.pyi
index 653ec2397..e31b4e3d2 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/logging/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/logging/__init__.pyi
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ else:
     _ExcInfoType = Union[None, bool, _SysExcInfoType]
 _ArgsType = Union[Tuple[Any, ...], Dict[str, Any]]
 _FilterType = Union['Filter', Callable[['LogRecord'], int]]
+_Level = Union[int, Text]
 
 
 class Logger:
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class Handler(Filterer):
     level = ...  # type: int
     formatter = ...  # type: Optional[Formatter]
     lock = ...  # type: Optional[threading.Lock]
-    def __init__(self, level: int = ...) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, level: _Level = ...) -> None: ...
     def createLock(self) -> None: ...
     def acquire(self) -> None: ...
     def release(self) -> None: ...
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ def makeLogRecord(attrdict: Mapping[str, Any]) -> LogRecord: ...
 if sys.version_info >= (3,):
     def basicConfig(*, filename: str = ..., filemode: str = ...,
                     format: str = ..., datefmt: str = ..., style: str = ...,
-                    level: int = ..., stream: IO[str] = ...,
+                    level: _Level = ..., stream: IO[str] = ...,
                     handlers: Iterable[Handler] = ...) -> None: ...
 else:
     @overload
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ else:
     @overload
     def basicConfig(*, filename: str = ..., filemode: str = ...,
                     format: str = ..., datefmt: str = ...,
-                    level: int = ..., stream: IO[str] = ...) -> None: ...
+                    level: _Level = ..., stream: IO[str] = ...) -> None: ...
 def shutdown() -> None: ...
 
 def setLoggerClass(klass: type) -> None: ...