diff --git a/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi b/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
index e129e086b..c30500439 100644
--- a/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ _T2 = TypeVar('_T2')
 _T3 = TypeVar('_T3')
 _T4 = TypeVar('_T4')
 
-staticmethod = object()  # Special, only valid as a decorator.
-classmethod = object()  # Special, only valid as a decorator.
+class staticmethod: pass   # Special, only valid as a decorator.
+class classmethod: pass  # Special, only valid as a decorator.
 
 class object:
     __doc__ = ...  # type: str
diff --git a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
index f7c5bf941..a82f5ee8e 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ _T2 = TypeVar('_T2')
 _T3 = TypeVar('_T3')
 _T4 = TypeVar('_T4')
 
-staticmethod = object() # Only valid as a decorator.
-classmethod = object() # Only valid as a decorator.
+class staticmethod: pass   # Special, only valid as a decorator.
+class classmethod: pass  # Special, only valid as a decorator.
 
 class object:
     __doc__ = ...  # type: str