diff --git a/stdlib/shlex.pyi b/stdlib/shlex.pyi
index 6d395971e..daa8df439 100644
--- a/stdlib/shlex.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/shlex.pyi
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 import sys
+from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from typing import TextIO, overload
+from io import TextIOWrapper
+from typing import Literal, Protocol, overload, type_check_only
 from typing_extensions import Self, deprecated
 
 __all__ = ["shlex", "split", "quote", "join"]
 
+@type_check_only
+class _ShlexInstream(Protocol):
+    def read(self, size: Literal[1], /) -> str: ...
+    def readline(self) -> object: ...
+    def close(self) -> object: ...
+
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 12):
-    def split(s: str | TextIO, comments: bool = False, posix: bool = True) -> list[str]: ...
+    def split(s: str | _ShlexInstream, comments: bool = False, posix: bool = True) -> list[str]: ...
 
 else:
     @overload
-    def split(s: str | TextIO, comments: bool = False, posix: bool = True) -> list[str]: ...
+    def split(s: str | _ShlexInstream, comments: bool = False, posix: bool = True) -> list[str]: ...
     @overload
     @deprecated("Passing None for 's' to shlex.split() is deprecated and will raise an error in Python 3.12.")
     def split(s: None, comments: bool = False, posix: bool = True) -> list[str]: ...
@@ -18,6 +26,7 @@ else:
 def join(split_command: Iterable[str]) -> str: ...
 def quote(s: str) -> str: ...
 
+# TODO: Make generic over infile once PEP 696 is implemented.
 class shlex(Iterable[str]):
     commenters: str
     wordchars: str
@@ -27,17 +36,18 @@ class shlex(Iterable[str]):
     escapedquotes: str
     whitespace_split: bool
     infile: str | None
-    instream: TextIO
+    instream: _ShlexInstream
     source: str
     debug: int
     lineno: int
     token: str
+    filestack: deque[tuple[str | None, _ShlexInstream, int]]
     eof: str | None
     @property
     def punctuation_chars(self) -> str: ...
     def __init__(
         self,
-        instream: str | TextIO | None = None,
+        instream: str | _ShlexInstream | None = None,
         infile: str | None = None,
         posix: bool = False,
         punctuation_chars: bool | str = False,
@@ -45,8 +55,8 @@ class shlex(Iterable[str]):
     def get_token(self) -> str | None: ...
     def push_token(self, tok: str) -> None: ...
     def read_token(self) -> str | None: ...
-    def sourcehook(self, newfile: str) -> tuple[str, TextIO] | None: ...
-    def push_source(self, newstream: str | TextIO, newfile: str | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def sourcehook(self, newfile: str) -> tuple[str, TextIOWrapper] | None: ...
+    def push_source(self, newstream: str | _ShlexInstream, newfile: str | None = None) -> None: ...
     def pop_source(self) -> None: ...
     def error_leader(self, infile: str | None = None, lineno: int | None = None) -> str: ...
     def __iter__(self) -> Self: ...