diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index fdbc3bda7db7e0..81ed2ae51d1826 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ def PipeClient(address):
 _LEGACY_LENGTHS = (_MD5ONLY_MESSAGE_LENGTH, _MD5_DIGEST_LEN)
 
 
-def _get_digest_name_and_payload(message: bytes) -> (str, bytes):
+def _get_digest_name_and_payload(message):  # type: (bytes) -> tuple[str, bytes]
     """Returns a digest name and the payload for a response hash.
 
     If a legacy protocol is detected based on the message length
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py
index 0f682b9a0944b8..870c91349b9164 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/synchronize.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def wait(self, timeout=None):
                 return True
             return False
 
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+    def __repr__(self):
         set_status = 'set' if self.is_set() else 'unset'
         return f"<{type(self).__qualname__} at {id(self):#x} {set_status}>"
 #