diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi
index 3dd79deb214b..50a196ed7130 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi
@@ -1372,12 +1372,16 @@ else:
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     @overload
-    def pow(base: int, exp: int, mod: Optional[int] = ...) -> int: ...
+    def pow(base: int, exp: int, mod: None = ...) -> Any: ...  # returns int or float depending on whether exp is non-negative
+    @overload
+    def pow(base: int, exp: int, mod: int) -> int: ...
     @overload
     def pow(base: float, exp: float, mod: None = ...) -> float: ...
 else:
     @overload
-    def pow(__base: int, __exp: int, __mod: Optional[int] = ...) -> int: ...
+    def pow(__base: int, __exp: int, __mod: None = ...) -> Any: ...  # returns int or float depending on whether exp is non-negative
+    @overload
+    def pow(__base: int, __exp: int, __mod: int) -> int: ...
     @overload
     def pow(__base: float, __exp: float, __mod: None = ...) -> float: ...
 def quit(code: object = ...) -> NoReturn: ...