diff --git a/stdlib/typing.pyi b/stdlib/typing.pyi
index a56ea8c8c4d1..5bb92e4f92e6 100644
--- a/stdlib/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/typing.pyi
@@ -680,10 +680,13 @@ class NamedTuple(Tuple[Any, ...]):
     _field_defaults: dict[str, Any]
     _fields: Tuple[str, ...]
     _source: str
+    # NOTE: The overloads for __init__ are not strictly accurate
+    # (type for `fields` and `**kwargs` should be more precise than `object`)
+    # but typing `NamedTuple` like this makes it easier for mypy to special-case. See #6489
     @overload
-    def __init__(self, typename: str, fields: Iterable[tuple[str, Any]] = ...) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, typename: str, fields: Iterable[tuple[str, object]] = ...) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def __init__(self, typename: str, fields: None = ..., **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, typename: str, fields: None = ..., **kwargs: object) -> None: ...
     @classmethod
     def _make(cls: Type[_T], iterable: Iterable[Any]) -> _T: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):