diff --git a/django/utils/translation/__init__.py b/django/utils/translation/__init__.py
index 728286c78e1a7..8f93e16a37973 100644
--- a/django/utils/translation/__init__.py
+++ b/django/utils/translation/__init__.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def ugettext_noop(message):
     return gettext_noop(message)
 
 
-def gettext(message):
+def gettext(message: str) -> str:
     return _trans.gettext(message)