diff --git a/stdlib/2/urlparse.pyi b/stdlib/2/urlparse.pyi
index 9d0a7021d..169de2ff0 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/urlparse.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/urlparse.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Stubs for urlparse (Python 2)
 
-from typing import Dict, List, NamedTuple, Tuple, Sequence, Union, overload
+from typing import AnyStr, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Tuple, Sequence, Union, overload
+
+_String = Union[str, unicode]
 
 uses_relative = ...  # type: List[str]
 uses_netloc = ...  # type: List[str]
@@ -46,23 +48,23 @@ class ParseResult(
 ):
     def geturl(self) -> str: ...
 
-def urlparse(url: Union[str, unicode], scheme: str = ...,
+def urlparse(url: _String, scheme: _String = ...,
              allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> ParseResult: ...
-def urlsplit(url: Union[str, unicode], scheme: str = ...,
+def urlsplit(url: _String, scheme: _String = ...,
              allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> SplitResult: ...
 @overload
-def urlunparse(data: Tuple[str, str, str, str, str, str]) -> str: ...
+def urlunparse(data: Tuple[_String, _String, _String, _String, _String, _String]) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def urlunparse(data: Sequence[str]) -> str: ...
+def urlunparse(data: Sequence[_String]) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def urlunsplit(data: Tuple[str, str, str, str, str]) -> str: ...
+def urlunsplit(data: Tuple[_String, _String, _String, _String, _String]) -> str: ...
 @overload
-def urlunsplit(data: Sequence[str]) -> str: ...
-def urljoin(base: Union[str, unicode], url: Union[str, unicode],
+def urlunsplit(data: Sequence[_String]) -> str: ...
+def urljoin(base: _String, url: _String,
             allow_fragments: bool = ...) -> str: ...
-def urldefrag(url: Union[str, unicode]) -> str: ...
-def unquote(s: str) -> str: ...
-def parse_qs(qs: str, keep_blank_values: bool = ...,
-             strict_parsing: bool = ...) -> Dict[str, List[str]]: ...
-def parse_qsl(qs: str, keep_blank_values: int = ...,
-              strict_parsing: bool = ...) -> List[Tuple[str, str]]: ...
+def urldefrag(url: AnyStr) -> Tuple[AnyStr, str]: ...
+def unquote(s: AnyStr) -> AnyStr: ...
+def parse_qs(qs: AnyStr, keep_blank_values: bool = ...,
+             strict_parsing: bool = ...) -> Dict[AnyStr, List[AnyStr]]: ...
+def parse_qsl(qs: AnyStr, keep_blank_values: int = ...,
+              strict_parsing: bool = ...) -> List[Tuple[AnyStr, AnyStr]]: ...