diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
index ba4c2e168e0c4..da9eef995f193 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/categorical.py
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ def __setstate__(self, state):
             setattr(self, k, v)
 
     @property
-    def T(self):
+    def T(self) -> "Categorical":
         """
         Return transposed numpy array.
         """
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py b/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py
index 549606795f528..3b5e6b2d2bcd3 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/sparse/array.py
@@ -1296,14 +1296,14 @@ def mean(self, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
             nsparse = self.sp_index.ngaps
             return (sp_sum + self.fill_value * nsparse) / (ct + nsparse)
 
-    def transpose(self, *axes):
+    def transpose(self, *axes) -> "SparseArray":
         """
         Returns the SparseArray.
         """
         return self
 
     @property
-    def T(self):
+    def T(self) -> "SparseArray":
         """
         Returns the SparseArray.
         """
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 60fc69e8222d6..aac012edf4222 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -2443,7 +2443,9 @@ def transpose(self, *args, copy: bool = False) -> "DataFrame":
 
         return result.__finalize__(self)
 
-    T = property(transpose)
+    @property
+    def T(self) -> "DataFrame":
+        return self.transpose()
 
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Indexing Methods