diff --git a/base/int.jl b/base/int.jl
index 8a80f90f7e2c1..fe11f57eae547 100644
--- a/base/int.jl
+++ b/base/int.jl
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: invalid base 10 digit '.' in "123456789123.4"
 [...]
 ```
 """
-macro int128_str(s)
+macro int128_str(s::String)
     return parse(Int128, s)
 end
 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: invalid base 10 digit '-' in "-123456789123"
 [...]
 ```
 """
-macro uint128_str(s)
+macro uint128_str(s::String)
     return parse(UInt128, s)
 end
 
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ ERROR: ArgumentError: invalid number format _ for BigInt or BigFloat
     depends on the value of the precision at the point when the function is
     defined, **not** at the precision at the time when the function is called.
 """
-macro big_str(s)
+macro big_str(s::String)
     message = "invalid number format $s for BigInt or BigFloat"
     throw_error =  :(throw(ArgumentError($message)))
     if '_' in s
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl b/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl
index aa7019566093c..88c32bf064bf0 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/src/io.jl
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ but creates the DateFormat object once during macro expansion.
 
 See [`DateFormat`](@ref) for details about format specifiers.
 """
-macro dateformat_str(str)
+macro dateformat_str(str::String)
     DateFormat(str)
 end
 
diff --git a/stdlib/Sockets/src/IPAddr.jl b/stdlib/Sockets/src/IPAddr.jl
index d3834a8b8bf73..e324dee712b71 100644
--- a/stdlib/Sockets/src/IPAddr.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Sockets/src/IPAddr.jl
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ julia> @ip_str "2001:db8:0:0:0:0:2:1"
 ip"2001:db8::2:1"
 ```
 """
-macro ip_str(str)
+macro ip_str(str::String)
     return parse(IPAddr, str)
 end