diff --git a/stdlib/os/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/os/__init__.pyi
index 2ea3748737d7..eef52e7a8b3b 100644
--- a/stdlib/os/__init__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/os/__init__.pyi
@@ -869,8 +869,8 @@ if sys.platform != "win32":
 def abort() -> NoReturn: ...
 
 # These are defined as execl(file, *args) but the first *arg is mandatory.
-def execl(file: StrOrBytesPath, __arg0: StrOrBytesPath, *args: StrOrBytesPath) -> NoReturn: ...
-def execlp(file: StrOrBytesPath, __arg0: StrOrBytesPath, *args: StrOrBytesPath) -> NoReturn: ...
+def execl(file: StrOrBytesPath, *args: Unpack[tuple[StrOrBytesPath, Unpack[tuple[StrOrBytesPath, ...]]]]) -> NoReturn: ...
+def execlp(file: StrOrBytesPath, *args: Unpack[tuple[StrOrBytesPath, Unpack[tuple[StrOrBytesPath, ...]]]]) -> NoReturn: ...
 
 # These are: execle(file, *args, env) but env is pulled from the last element of the args.
 def execle(