diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index ee29c70..68bf703 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -4009,7 +4009,7 @@
 PyTypeObject PyString_Type = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
 	0,
-	"str",
+	"str8",
 	sizeof(PyStringObject),
 	sizeof(char),
  	string_dealloc, 			/* tp_dealloc */
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index e2f1b2f..d4a7e7e 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -7954,7 +7954,7 @@
 PyTypeObject PyUnicode_Type = {
     PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
     0, 					/* ob_size */
-    "unicode", 				/* tp_name */
+    "str", 				/* tp_name */
     sizeof(PyUnicodeObject), 		/* tp_size */
     0, 					/* tp_itemsize */
     /* Slots */