diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/_ranges.py b/pandas/core/arrays/_ranges.py
index 14b442bf71080..dfed3c927b810 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/_ranges.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/_ranges.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def generate_regular_range(
 
 def _generate_range_overflow_safe(
     endpoint: int, periods: int, stride: int, side: str = "start"
-) -> int:
+):
     """
     Calculate the second endpoint for passing to np.arange, checking
     to avoid an integer overflow.  Catch OverflowError and re-raise
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def _generate_range_overflow_safe(
 
     Returns
     -------
-    other_end : int
+    np.integer
 
     Raises
     ------
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def _generate_range_overflow_safe(
 
 def _generate_range_overflow_safe_signed(
     endpoint: int, periods: int, stride: int, side: str
-) -> int:
+):
     """
     A special case for _generate_range_overflow_safe where `periods * stride`
     can be calculated without overflowing int64 bounds.