diff --git a/stdlib/tempfile.pyi b/stdlib/tempfile.pyi
index 4be0d62a7870..cd27e91fbc75 100644
--- a/stdlib/tempfile.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/tempfile.pyi
@@ -409,11 +409,11 @@ class SpooledTemporaryFile(IO[AnyStr], _SpooledTemporaryFileBase):
     @overload
     def write(self, s: AnyStr) -> int: ...
     @overload
-    def writelines(self: SpooledTemporaryFile[str], lines: Iterable[str]) -> None: ...
+    def writelines(self: SpooledTemporaryFile[str], iterable: Iterable[str]) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def writelines(self: SpooledTemporaryFile[bytes], lines: Iterable[ReadableBuffer]) -> None: ...
+    def writelines(self: SpooledTemporaryFile[bytes], iterable: Iterable[ReadableBuffer]) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def writelines(self, lines: Iterable[AnyStr]) -> None: ...
+    def writelines(self, iterable: Iterable[AnyStr]) -> None: ...
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[AnyStr]: ...  # type: ignore[override]
     # These exist at runtime only on 3.11+.
     def readable(self) -> bool: ...