diff --git a/stdlib/3/email/message.pyi b/stdlib/3/email/message.pyi
index 09fbdda7a38b..957e18cc9788 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/email/message.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/email/message.pyi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ _PayloadType = Union[List[Message], str, bytes]
 _CharsetType = Union[Charset, str, None]
 _ParamsType = Union[str, None, Tuple[str, Optional[str], str]]
 _ParamType = Union[str, Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str], str]]
-_HeaderType = Union[str, Header]
+_HeaderType = Any
 
 class Message:
     preamble: Optional[str]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Message:
     def get_charset(self) -> _CharsetType: ...
     def __len__(self) -> int: ...
     def __contains__(self, name: str) -> bool: ...
-    def __getitem__(self, name: str) -> Optional[_HeaderType]: ...
+    def __getitem__(self, name: str) -> _HeaderType: ...
     def __setitem__(self, name: str, val: _HeaderType) -> None: ...
     def __delitem__(self, name: str) -> None: ...
     def keys(self) -> List[str]: ...