diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/pydoc_data/__init__.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/pydoc_data/__init__.pyi
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diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/pydoc_data/topics.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/pydoc_data/topics.pyi
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+from typing import Dict
+
+topics: Dict[str, str]