diff --git a/stdlib/logging/handlers.pyi b/stdlib/logging/handlers.pyi
index 762359bc17bb..5be624872a14 100644
--- a/stdlib/logging/handlers.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/logging/handlers.pyi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BaseRotatingHandler(FileHandler):
 
 class RotatingFileHandler(BaseRotatingHandler):
     maxBytes: str  # undocumented
-    backupCount: str  # undocumented
+    backupCount: int  # undocumented
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
         def __init__(
             self,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class RotatingFileHandler(BaseRotatingHandler):
 
 class TimedRotatingFileHandler(BaseRotatingHandler):
     when: str  # undocumented
-    backupCount: str  # undocumented
+    backupCount: int  # undocumented
     utc: bool  # undocumented
     atTime: datetime.datetime | None  # undocumented
     interval: int  # undocumented