diff --git a/stdlib/argparse.pyi b/stdlib/argparse.pyi
index 0f933e58d..759027d3a 100644
--- a/stdlib/argparse.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/argparse.pyi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Callable, Generator, Iterable, Sequence
 from typing import IO, Any, Generic, NewType, NoReturn, Pattern, Protocol, TypeVar, overload
-from typing_extensions import Literal
+from typing_extensions import Literal, TypeAlias
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
     __all__ = [
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ _N = TypeVar("_N")
 # "store_false", "append", "append_const", "count", "help", "version",
 # "extend"], but using this would make it hard to annotate callers
 # that don't use a literal argument
-_ActionStr = str
+_ActionStr: TypeAlias = str
 # more precisely, Literal["?", "*", "+", "...", "A...",
 # "==SUPPRESS=="], but using this would make it hard to annotate
 # callers that don't use a literal argument
-_NArgsStr = str
+_NArgsStr: TypeAlias = str
 
 ONE_OR_MORE: Literal["+"]
 OPTIONAL: Literal["?"]