diff --git a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
index 195d4b18013e..3a79fcb1662d 100644
--- a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
+++ b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
@@ -574,9 +574,11 @@ class dict(MutableMapping[_KT, _VT], Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     def popitem(self) -> Tuple[_KT, _VT]: ...
     def setdefault(self, k: _KT, default: _VT = ...) -> _VT: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def update(self, **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     def iterkeys(self) -> Iterator[_KT]: ...
     def itervalues(self) -> Iterator[_VT]: ...
     def iteritems(self) -> Iterator[Tuple[_KT, _VT]]: ...
diff --git a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/collections.pyi b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/collections.pyi
index 3235e9bd12f9..b5d4fef7bf4a 100644
--- a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/collections.pyi
+++ b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/collections.pyi
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ class Counter(Dict[_T, int], Generic[_T]):
     # Dict.update. Not sure if we should use '# type: ignore' instead
     # and omit the type from the union.
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Mapping[_T, int], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Mapping[_T, int], **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Union[Iterable[_T], Iterable[Tuple[_T, int]]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Union[Iterable[_T], Iterable[Tuple[_T, int]]], **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def update(self, **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
 
 class OrderedDict(Dict[_KT, _VT], Reversible[_KT], Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     def popitem(self, last: bool = ...) -> Tuple[_KT, _VT]: ...
diff --git a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/typing.pyi b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
index dc807a0e0604..843ef5c21cd7 100644
--- a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
+++ b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
@@ -232,9 +232,11 @@ class MutableMapping(Mapping[_KT, _VT], Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     def popitem(self) -> Tuple[_KT, _VT]: ...
     def setdefault(self, k: _KT, default: _VT = ...) -> _VT: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def update(self, **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
 
 Text = unicode
 
diff --git a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
index d3254c8d4657..a9d31f5e1b41 100644
--- a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
@@ -630,9 +630,11 @@ class dict(MutableMapping[_KT, _VT], Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     def popitem(self) -> Tuple[_KT, _VT]: ...
     def setdefault(self, k: _KT, default: _VT = None) -> _VT: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def update(self, **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     def keys(self) -> KeysView[_KT]: ...
     def values(self) -> ValuesView[_VT]: ...
     def items(self) -> ItemsView[_KT, _VT]: ...
diff --git a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/collections/__init__.pyi b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/collections/__init__.pyi
index 1ccb98d3c26b..b8bfcf138590 100644
--- a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/collections/__init__.pyi
+++ b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/collections/__init__.pyi
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ class Counter(Dict[_T, int], Generic[_T]):
     # Dict.update. Not sure if we should use '# type: ignore' instead
     # and omit the type from the union.
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Mapping[_T, int], **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Mapping[_T, int], **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Union[Iterable[_T], Iterable[Tuple[_T, int]]], **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Union[Iterable[_T], Iterable[Tuple[_T, int]]], **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def update(self, **kwargs: int) -> None: ...
 
     def __add__(self, other: typing.Counter[_T]) -> typing.Counter[_T]: ...
     def __sub__(self, other: typing.Counter[_T]) -> typing.Counter[_T]: ...
diff --git a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/typing.pyi b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
index e57bcc10056f..6efc0b6dcd52 100644
--- a/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
+++ b/python/helpers/typeshed/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
@@ -323,9 +323,11 @@ class MutableMapping(Mapping[_KT, _VT], Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     # known to be a Mapping with unknown type parameters, which is closer
     # to the behavior we want. See mypy issue  #1430.
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Mapping[_KT, _VT], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
     @overload
-    def update(self, m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    def update(self, __m: Iterable[Tuple[_KT, _VT]], **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
+    @overload
+    def update(self, **kwargs: _VT) -> None: ...
 
 Text = str
 
diff --git a/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/2/builtins_test.py b/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/2/builtins_test.py
index 7b0f81b2eaf7..d1b446d5418c 100644
--- a/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/2/builtins_test.py
+++ b/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/2/builtins_test.py
@@ -160,3 +160,11 @@ def test_staticmethod():
 
     # test __dict__.keys()
     assert set(staticmethod.__dict__.keys()) == {'__init__', '__new__', '__func__', '__get__', '__getattribute__', '__doc__'}
+
+
+def test_dict_update():
+    d = {}
+    d.update({"k1": 1, "v1": 1})
+    d.update([("k2", 2), ("v2", 2)])
+    d.update(k3=3, v3=3)
+    assert d == {"k1": 1, "v1": 1, "k2": 2, "v2": 2, "k3": 3, "v3": 3}
diff --git a/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins_test.py b/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins_test.py
index fdd493142fb9..bf830ab7a72c 100644
--- a/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins_test.py
+++ b/python/testData/typeshed/stdlib/3/builtins_test.py
@@ -176,4 +176,12 @@ def test_staticmethod():
 
     # test __dict__.keys()
     assert set(staticmethod.__dict__.keys()) == {'__init__', '__new__', '__func__', '__isabstractmethod__', '__get__',
-                                                 '__dict__', '__doc__'}
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+                                                 '__dict__', '__doc__'}
+
+
+def test_dict_update():
+    d = {}
+    d.update({"k1": 1, "v1": 1})
+    d.update([("k2", 2), ("v2", 2)])
+    d.update(k3=3, v3=3)
+    assert d == {"k1": 1, "v1": 1, "k2": 2, "v2": 2, "k3": 3, "v3": 3}
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