diff --git a/third_party/3/pkg_resources.pyi b/third_party/3/pkg_resources.pyi
index 58ef7381f..56884adab 100644
--- a/third_party/3/pkg_resources.pyi
+++ b/third_party/3/pkg_resources.pyi
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def resource_exists(package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
 def resource_stream(package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
                     resource_name: str) -> IO[bytes]: ...
 def resource_string(package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
-                    resource_name: str) -> str: ...
+                    resource_name: str) -> bytes: ...
 def resource_isdir(package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
                    resource_name: str) -> bool: ...
 def resource_listdir(package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class IResourceManager:
     def resource_stream(self, package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
                         resource_name: str) -> IO[bytes]: ...
     def resource_string(self, package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
-                        resource_name: str) -> str: ...
+                        resource_name: str) -> bytes: ...
     def resource_isdir(self, package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,
                        resource_name: str) -> bool: ...
     def resource_listdir(self, package_or_requirement: _PkgReqType,