diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/xml/sax/saxutils.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/xml/sax/saxutils.pyi
index fb45a6089..80a497cd8 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/xml/sax/saxutils.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/xml/sax/saxutils.pyi
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import sys
-from typing import Mapping
+from typing import AnyStr, Mapping
 
 from xml.sax import handler
 from xml.sax import xmlreader
 
-def escape(data: str, entities: Mapping[str, str] = ...) -> str: ...
-def unescape(data: str, entities: Mapping[str, str] = ...) -> str: ...
-def quoteattr(data: str, entities: Mapping[str, str] = ...) -> str: ...
+def escape(data: AnyStr, entities: Mapping[str, str] = ...) -> AnyStr: ...
+def unescape(data: AnyStr, entities: Mapping[str, str] = ...) -> AnyStr: ...
+def quoteattr(data: AnyStr, entities: Mapping[str, str] = ...) -> AnyStr: ...
 
 class XMLGenerator(handler.ContentHandler):
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):