diff --git a/stdlib/3/sys.pyi b/stdlib/3/sys.pyi
index c3ce9c6e2..28b23a546 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/sys.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/sys.pyi
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def call_tracing(fn: Callable[..., _T], args: Any) -> _T: ...
 def _clear_type_cache() -> None: ...
 def _current_frames() -> Dict[int, Any]: ...
 def displayhook(value: Optional[int]) -> None: ...
-def excepthook(type_: type, value: BaseException,
+def excepthook(type_: Type[BaseException], value: BaseException,
                traceback: TracebackType) -> None: ...
 # TODO should be a union of tuple, see mypy#1178
 def exc_info() -> Tuple[Optional[Type[BaseException]],