diff --git a/shared-bindings/terminalio/Terminal.c b/shared-bindings/terminalio/Terminal.c
index 2dfe29035e..46e171ff7e 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/terminalio/Terminal.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/terminalio/Terminal.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 //|         scroll_area: displayio.TileGrid,
 //|         font: fontio.BuiltinFont,
 //|         *,
-//|         status_bar: displayio.TileGrid = None
+//|         status_bar: Optional[displayio.TileGrid] = None
 //|     ) -> None:
 //|         """Terminal manages tile indices and cursor position based on VT100 commands. The font should be
 //|         a `fontio.BuiltinFont` and the TileGrid's bitmap should match the font's bitmap."""