diff --git a/stdlib/3/tkinter/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/3/tkinter/__init__.pyi
index 3dc82247a..f7b5c71b3 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/tkinter/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/tkinter/__init__.pyi
@@ -252,9 +252,13 @@ class Misc:
     def tk_focusFollowsMouse(self): ...
     def tk_focusNext(self): ...
     def tk_focusPrev(self): ...
-    def after(self, ms, func: Optional[Any] = ..., *args): ...
-    def after_idle(self, func, *args): ...
-    def after_cancel(self, id): ...
+    @overload
+    def after(self, ms: int, func: None = ...) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def after(self, ms: Union[int, Literal["idle"]], func: Callable[..., Any], *args: Any) -> str: ...
+    # after_idle is essentially partialmethod(after, "idle")
+    def after_idle(self, func: Callable[..., Any], *args: Any) -> str: ...
+    def after_cancel(self, id: str) -> None: ...
     def bell(self, displayof: int = ...): ...
     def clipboard_get(self, **kw): ...
     def clipboard_clear(self, **kw): ...