diff --git a/PyPDF2/_writer.py b/PyPDF2/_writer.py
index 843549ab0..7fff8a2a3 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/_writer.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/_writer.py
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ def removeText(
     def add_uri(
         self,
         pagenum: int,
-        uri: int,
+        uri: str,
         rect: RectangleObject,
         border: Optional[ArrayObject] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ def add_uri(
         This uses the basic structure of :meth:`add_link`
 
         :param int pagenum: index of the page on which to place the URI action.
-        :param int uri: string -- uri of resource to link to.
+        :param str uri: URI of resource to link to.
         :param rect: :class:`RectangleObject<PyPDF2.generic.RectangleObject>` or array of four
             integers specifying the clickable rectangular area
             ``[xLL, yLL, xUR, yUR]``, or string in the form ``"[ xLL yLL xUR yUR ]"``.
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ def add_uri(
     def addURI(
         self,
         pagenum: int,
-        uri: int,
+        uri: str,
         rect: RectangleObject,
         border: Optional[ArrayObject] = None,
     ) -> None:  # pragma: no cover