diff --git a/stdlib/2/fnmatch.pyi b/stdlib/2/fnmatch.pyi
index 23b5978f2..e933b7b2c 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/fnmatch.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/fnmatch.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Iterable
+from typing import AnyStr, Iterable, List, Union
 
-def fnmatch(filename: str, pattern: str) -> bool: ...
-def fnmatchcase(filename: str, pattern: str) -> bool: ...
-def filter(names: Iterable[str], pattern: str) -> Iterable[str]: ...
-def translate(pattern: str) -> str: ...
+_EitherStr = Union[str, unicode]
+
+def fnmatch(filename: _EitherStr, pattern: _EitherStr) -> bool: ...
+def fnmatchcase(filename: _EitherStr, pattern: _EitherStr) -> bool: ...
+def filter(names: Iterable[AnyStr], pattern: _EitherStr) -> List[AnyStr]: ...
+def translate(pattern: AnyStr) -> AnyStr: ...