diff --git a/stdlib/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/builtins.pyi
index bf1e6cde2c08..ab8b362ab47c 100644
--- a/stdlib/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/builtins.pyi
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ class int:
     @overload
     def __pow__(self, __x: _NegativeInteger, __modulo: None = ...) -> float: ...
     # positive x -> int; negative x -> float
-    # return type must be Any as `int | float` causes too many false-positive errors
+    # return type is `int | float | Any` as `int | float` causes too many false-positive errors
     @overload
-    def __pow__(self, __x: int, __modulo: None = ...) -> Any: ...
-    def __rpow__(self, __x: int, __mod: int | None = ...) -> Any: ...
+    def __pow__(self, __x: int, __modulo: None = ...) -> int | float | Any: ...
+    def __rpow__(self, __x: int, __mod: int | None = ...) -> int | float | Any: ...
     def __and__(self, __n: int) -> int: ...
     def __or__(self, __n: int) -> int: ...
     def __xor__(self, __n: int) -> int: ...
@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ class float:
     @overload
     def __pow__(self, __x: int, __mod: None = ...) -> float: ...
     # positive x -> float; negative x -> complex
-    # return type must be Any as `float | complex` causes too many false-positive errors
+    # return type is `float | complex | Any` as `float | complex` causes too many false-positive errors
     @overload
-    def __pow__(self, __x: float, __mod: None = ...) -> Any: ...
+    def __pow__(self, __x: float, __mod: None = ...) -> float | complex | Any: ...
     def __radd__(self, __x: float) -> float: ...
     def __rsub__(self, __x: float) -> float: ...
     def __rmul__(self, __x: float) -> float: ...
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class float:
     def __rmod__(self, __x: float) -> float: ...
     def __rdivmod__(self, __x: float) -> tuple[float, float]: ...
     # Returns complex if the argument is negative.
-    def __rpow__(self, __x: float, __mod: None = ...) -> Any: ...
+    def __rpow__(self, __x: float, __mod: None = ...) -> float | complex | Any: ...
     def __getnewargs__(self) -> tuple[float]: ...
     def __trunc__(self) -> int: ...
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):