diff --git a/stdlib/3.5/pathlib.pyi b/stdlib/3.5/pathlib.pyi
index 34b26691d9e3..653853c1d555 100644
--- a/stdlib/3.5/pathlib.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3.5/pathlib.pyi
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Stubs for pathlib (Python 3.5)
 
-from typing import Any, Generator, IO, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, Generator, IO, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 import os
 
+_P = TypeVar('_P', 'PurePath')
+
 class PurePath:
     parts = ...  # type: Tuple[str, ...]
     drive = ...  # type: str
@@ -14,38 +16,38 @@ class PurePath:
     suffix = ...  # type: str
     suffixes = ...  # type: List[str]
     stem = ...  # type: str
-    def __new__(cls, *args: Union[str, PurePath]) -> PurePath: ...
+    def __new__(cls: Type[_P], *args: Union[str, PurePath]) -> _P: ...
     def __lt__(self, other: PurePath) -> bool: ...
     def __le__(self, other: PurePath) -> bool: ...
     def __gt__(self, other: PurePath) -> bool: ...
     def __ge__(self, other: PurePath) -> bool: ...
-    def __truediv__(self, key: Union[str, PurePath]) -> PurePath: ...
-    def __rtruediv__(self, key: Union[str, PurePath]) -> PurePath: ...
+    def __truediv__(self: _P, key: Union[str, PurePath]) -> _P: ...
+    def __rtruediv__(self: _P, key: Union[str, PurePath]) -> _P: ...
     def __bytes__(self) -> bytes: ...
     def as_posix(self) -> str: ...
     def as_uri(self) -> str: ...
     def is_absolute(self) -> bool: ...
     def is_reserved(self) -> bool: ...
     def match(self, path_pattern: str) -> bool: ...
-    def relative_to(self, *other: Union[str, PurePath]) -> PurePath: ...
-    def with_name(self, name: str) -> PurePath: ...
-    def with_suffix(self, suffix: str) -> PurePath: ...
-    def joinpath(self, *other: Union[str, PurePath]) -> PurePath: ...
+    def relative_to(self: _P, *other: Union[str, PurePath]) -> _P: ...
+    def with_name(self: _P, name: str) -> _P: ...
+    def with_suffix(self: _P, suffix: str) -> _P: ...
+    def joinpath(self: _P, *other: Union[str, PurePath]) -> _P: ...
 
 class PurePosixPath(PurePath): ...
 class PureWindowsPath(PurePath): ...
 
 class Path(PurePath):
     @classmethod
-    def cwd(cls) -> Path: ...
+    def cwd(cls: Type[_P]) -> _P: ...
     @classmethod
-    def home(cls) -> Path: ...
-    def __new__(cls, *args: Union[str, PurePath], **kwargs: Any) -> Path: ...
-    def absolute(self) -> Path: ...
+    def home(cls: Type[_P]) -> _P: ...
+    def __new__(cls: Type[_P], *args: Union[str, PurePath], **kwargs: Any) -> _P: ...
+    def absolute(self: _P) -> _P: ...
     def stat(self) -> os.stat_result: ...
     def chmod(self, mode: int) -> None: ...
     def exists(self) -> bool: ...
-    def expanduser(self) -> Path: ...
+    def expanduser(self: _P) -> _P: ...
     def glob(self, pattern: str) -> Generator[Path, None, None]: ...
     def group(self) -> str: ...
     def is_dir(self) -> bool: ...
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ class Path(PurePath):
                   errors: Optional[str] = ...) -> str: ...
     def rename(self, target: Union[str, PurePath]) -> None: ...
     def replace(self, target: Union[str, PurePath]) -> None: ...
-    def resolve(self) -> Path: ...
+    def resolve(self: _P) -> _P: ...
     def rglob(self, pattern: str) -> Generator[Path, None, None]: ...
     def rmdir(self) -> None: ...
     def samefile(self, other_path: Union[str, bytes, int, Path]) -> bool: ...
@@ -81,16 +83,10 @@ class Path(PurePath):
     def write_text(self, data: str, encoding: Optional[str] = ...,
                    errors: Optional[str] = ...) -> int: ...
 
-    # The following methods are re-stubbed here even though they only actually exist in the base
-    # class so that they return Path when called on a Path, rather than returning PurePath.
+    # The following are repeated here even though they only actually exist in the base
+    # class so that they return Path when used on a Path, rather than returning PurePath.
     parents = ...  # type: Sequence[Path]
     parent = ...  # type: Path
-    def __truediv__(self, key: Union[str, PurePath]) -> Path: ...
-    def __rtruediv__(self, key: Union[str, PurePath]) -> Path: ...
-    def relative_to(self, *other: Union[str, PurePath]) -> Path: ...
-    def with_name(self, name: str) -> Path: ...
-    def with_suffix(self, suffix: str) -> Path: ...
-    def joinpath(self, *args: Union[str, PurePath]) -> Path: ...
 
 
 class PosixPath(Path, PurePosixPath): ...