diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi
index f73a10c52..1ed9093f2 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/socket.pyi
@@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ class socket:
     # --- methods ---
     # second tuple item is an address
     def accept(self) -> Tuple['socket', Any]: ...
-    def bind(self, address: Union[tuple, str]) -> None: ...
+    def bind(self, address: Union[tuple, str, bytes]) -> None: ...
     def close(self) -> None: ...
-    def connect(self, address: Union[tuple, str]) -> None: ...
-    def connect_ex(self, address: Union[tuple, str]) -> int: ...
+    def connect(self, address: Union[tuple, str, bytes]) -> None: ...
+    def connect_ex(self, address: Union[tuple, str, bytes]) -> int: ...
     def detach(self) -> int: ...
     def fileno(self) -> int: ...