diff --git a/stdlib/configparser.pyi b/stdlib/configparser.pyi
index a44dc2e1c035..bc3e22771ca5 100644
--- a/stdlib/configparser.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/configparser.pyi
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ else:
         "MAX_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH",
     ]
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
+    class _UNNAMED_SECTION: ...
+    UNNAMED_SECTION: _UNNAMED_SECTION
+
+    _SectionName: TypeAlias = str | _UNNAMED_SECTION
+    # A list of sections can only include an unnamed section if the parser was initialized with
+    # allow_unnamed_section=True. Any prevents users from having to use explicit
+    # type checks if allow_unnamed_section is False (the default).
+    _SectionNameList: TypeAlias = list[Any]
+else:
+    _SectionName: TypeAlias = str
+    _SectionNameList: TypeAlias = list[str]
+
 _Section: TypeAlias = Mapping[str, str]
 _Parser: TypeAlias = MutableMapping[str, _Section]
 _ConverterCallback: TypeAlias = Callable[[str], Any]
@@ -87,17 +100,17 @@ DEFAULTSECT: Final = "DEFAULT"
 MAX_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH: Final = 10
 
 class Interpolation:
-    def before_get(self, parser: _Parser, section: str, option: str, value: str, defaults: _Section) -> str: ...
-    def before_set(self, parser: _Parser, section: str, option: str, value: str) -> str: ...
-    def before_read(self, parser: _Parser, section: str, option: str, value: str) -> str: ...
-    def before_write(self, parser: _Parser, section: str, option: str, value: str) -> str: ...
+    def before_get(self, parser: _Parser, section: _SectionName, option: str, value: str, defaults: _Section) -> str: ...
+    def before_set(self, parser: _Parser, section: _SectionName, option: str, value: str) -> str: ...
+    def before_read(self, parser: _Parser, section: _SectionName, option: str, value: str) -> str: ...
+    def before_write(self, parser: _Parser, section: _SectionName, option: str, value: str) -> str: ...
 
 class BasicInterpolation(Interpolation): ...
 class ExtendedInterpolation(Interpolation): ...
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 13):
     class LegacyInterpolation(Interpolation):
-        def before_get(self, parser: _Parser, section: str, option: str, value: str, vars: _Section) -> str: ...
+        def before_get(self, parser: _Parser, section: _SectionName, option: str, value: str, vars: _Section) -> str: ...
 
 class RawConfigParser(_Parser):
     _SECT_TMPL: ClassVar[str]  # undocumented
@@ -220,11 +233,11 @@ class RawConfigParser(_Parser):
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]: ...
     def __contains__(self, key: object) -> bool: ...
     def defaults(self) -> _Section: ...
-    def sections(self) -> list[str]: ...
-    def add_section(self, section: str) -> None: ...
-    def has_section(self, section: str) -> bool: ...
-    def options(self, section: str) -> list[str]: ...
-    def has_option(self, section: str, option: str) -> bool: ...
+    def sections(self) -> _SectionNameList: ...
+    def add_section(self, section: _SectionName) -> None: ...
+    def has_section(self, section: _SectionName) -> bool: ...
+    def options(self, section: _SectionName) -> list[str]: ...
+    def has_option(self, section: _SectionName, option: str) -> bool: ...
     def read(self, filenames: StrOrBytesPath | Iterable[StrOrBytesPath], encoding: str | None = None) -> list[str]: ...
     def read_file(self, f: Iterable[str], source: str | None = None) -> None: ...
     def read_string(self, string: str, source: str = "<string>") -> None: ...
@@ -234,26 +247,26 @@ class RawConfigParser(_Parser):
     # These get* methods are partially applied (with the same names) in
     # SectionProxy; the stubs should be kept updated together
     @overload
-    def getint(self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> int: ...
+    def getint(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> int: ...
     @overload
     def getint(
-        self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T = ...
+        self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T = ...
     ) -> int | _T: ...
     @overload
-    def getfloat(self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> float: ...
+    def getfloat(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> float: ...
     @overload
     def getfloat(
-        self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T = ...
+        self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T = ...
     ) -> float | _T: ...
     @overload
-    def getboolean(self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> bool: ...
+    def getboolean(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> bool: ...
     @overload
     def getboolean(
-        self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T = ...
+        self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T = ...
     ) -> bool | _T: ...
     def _get_conv(
         self,
-        section: str,
+        section: _SectionName,
         option: str,
         conv: Callable[[str], _T],
         *,
@@ -263,19 +276,19 @@ class RawConfigParser(_Parser):
     ) -> _T: ...
     # This is incompatible with MutableMapping so we ignore the type
     @overload  # type: ignore[override]
-    def get(self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> str | MaybeNone: ...
+    def get(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> str | MaybeNone: ...
     @overload
     def get(
-        self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T
+        self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T
     ) -> str | _T | MaybeNone: ...
     @overload
     def items(self, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> ItemsView[str, SectionProxy]: ...
     @overload
-    def items(self, section: str, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> list[tuple[str, str]]: ...
-    def set(self, section: str, option: str, value: str | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def items(self, section: _SectionName, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> list[tuple[str, str]]: ...
+    def set(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, value: str | None = None) -> None: ...
     def write(self, fp: SupportsWrite[str], space_around_delimiters: bool = True) -> None: ...
-    def remove_option(self, section: str, option: str) -> bool: ...
-    def remove_section(self, section: str) -> bool: ...
+    def remove_option(self, section: _SectionName, option: str) -> bool: ...
+    def remove_section(self, section: _SectionName) -> bool: ...
     def optionxform(self, optionstr: str) -> str: ...
     @property
     def converters(self) -> ConverterMapping: ...
@@ -283,9 +296,11 @@ class RawConfigParser(_Parser):
 class ConfigParser(RawConfigParser):
     # This is incompatible with MutableMapping so we ignore the type
     @overload  # type: ignore[override]
-    def get(self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> str: ...
+    def get(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None) -> str: ...
     @overload
-    def get(self, section: str, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T) -> str | _T: ...
+    def get(
+        self, section: _SectionName, option: str, *, raw: bool = False, vars: _Section | None = None, fallback: _T
+    ) -> str | _T: ...
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
     class SafeConfigParser(ConfigParser): ...  # deprecated alias
@@ -349,38 +364,38 @@ class Error(Exception):
     def __init__(self, msg: str = "") -> None: ...
 
 class NoSectionError(Error):
-    section: str
-    def __init__(self, section: str) -> None: ...
+    section: _SectionName
+    def __init__(self, section: _SectionName) -> None: ...
 
 class DuplicateSectionError(Error):
-    section: str
+    section: _SectionName
     source: str | None
     lineno: int | None
-    def __init__(self, section: str, source: str | None = None, lineno: int | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, section: _SectionName, source: str | None = None, lineno: int | None = None) -> None: ...
 
 class DuplicateOptionError(Error):
-    section: str
+    section: _SectionName
     option: str
     source: str | None
     lineno: int | None
-    def __init__(self, section: str, option: str, source: str | None = None, lineno: int | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, section: _SectionName, option: str, source: str | None = None, lineno: int | None = None) -> None: ...
 
 class NoOptionError(Error):
-    section: str
+    section: _SectionName
     option: str
-    def __init__(self, option: str, section: str) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, option: str, section: _SectionName) -> None: ...
 
 class InterpolationError(Error):
-    section: str
+    section: _SectionName
     option: str
-    def __init__(self, option: str, section: str, msg: str) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, option: str, section: _SectionName, msg: str) -> None: ...
 
 class InterpolationDepthError(InterpolationError):
-    def __init__(self, option: str, section: str, rawval: object) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, option: str, section: _SectionName, rawval: object) -> None: ...
 
 class InterpolationMissingOptionError(InterpolationError):
     reference: str
-    def __init__(self, option: str, section: str, rawval: object, reference: str) -> None: ...
+    def __init__(self, option: str, section: _SectionName, rawval: object, reference: str) -> None: ...
 
 class InterpolationSyntaxError(InterpolationError): ...
 
@@ -403,9 +418,6 @@ class MissingSectionHeaderError(ParsingError):
     def __init__(self, filename: str, lineno: int, line: str) -> None: ...
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
-    class _UNNAMED_SECTION: ...
-    UNNAMED_SECTION: _UNNAMED_SECTION
-
     class MultilineContinuationError(ParsingError):
         lineno: int
         line: str