diff --git a/stdlib/tkinter/ttk.pyi b/stdlib/tkinter/ttk.pyi
index bf184bc2e8f8..dcc4a70412f7 100644
--- a/stdlib/tkinter/ttk.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/tkinter/ttk.pyi
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ class OptionMenu(Menubutton):
             # rest of these are keyword-only because *args syntax used above
             style: str = "",
             direction: Literal["above", "below", "left", "right", "flush"] = "below",
-            command: Callable[[tkinter.StringVar], object] | None = None,
+            command: Callable[[str], object] | None = None,
             name: str | None = None,
         ) -> None: ...
     else:
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ class OptionMenu(Menubutton):
             # rest of these are keyword-only because *args syntax used above
             style: str = "",
             direction: Literal["above", "below", "left", "right", "flush"] = "below",
-            command: Callable[[tkinter.StringVar], object] | None = None,
+            command: Callable[[str], object] | None = None,
         ) -> None: ...
     # configure, config, cget, destroy are inherited from Menubutton
     # destroy and __setitem__ are overridden, signature does not change