diff -r 0ec4befef7e0 Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst	Wed Dec 28 09:20:00 2016 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst	Wed Dec 28 16:41:56 2016 +0800
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@
 
    Get the status of a file or a file descriptor. Perform the equivalent of a
    :c:func:`stat` system call on the given path. *path* may be specified as
-   either a string -- directly or indirectly through the :class:`PathLike`
+   either a string or bytes -- directly or indirectly through the :class:`PathLike`
    interface -- or as an open file descriptor. Return a :class:`stat_result`
    object.
 
diff -r 0ec4befef7e0 Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h
--- a/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h	Wed Dec 28 09:20:00 2016 +0200
+++ b/Modules/clinic/posixmodule.c.h	Wed Dec 28 16:41:56 2016 +0800
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 "Perform a stat system call on the given path.\n"
 "\n"
 "  path\n"
-"    Path to be examined; can be string, bytes, or open-file-descriptor int.\n"
+"    Path to be examined; can be string, bytes, path-like object or\n"
+"    open-file-descriptor int.\n"
 "  dir_fd\n"
 "    If not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory,\n"
 "    and path should be a relative string; path will then be relative to\n"
@@ -6352,4 +6353,4 @@
 #ifndef OS_GETRANDOM_METHODDEF
     #define OS_GETRANDOM_METHODDEF
 #endif /* !defined(OS_GETRANDOM_METHODDEF) */
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=61abf6df195aa5f1 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=5ba2193a68163b6a input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff -r 0ec4befef7e0 Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c	Wed Dec 28 09:20:00 2016 +0200
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c	Wed Dec 28 16:41:56 2016 +0800
@@ -2383,7 +2383,8 @@
 os.stat
 
     path : path_t(allow_fd=True)
-        Path to be examined; can be string, bytes, or open-file-descriptor int.
+        Path to be examined; can be string, bytes, path-like object or
+        open-file-descriptor int.
 
     *
 
@@ -2410,7 +2411,7 @@
 
 static PyObject *
 os_stat_impl(PyObject *module, path_t *path, int dir_fd, int follow_symlinks)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=7d4976e6f18a59c5 input=099d356c306fa24a]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=7d4976e6f18a59c5 input=270bd64e7bb3c8f7]*/
 {
     return posix_do_stat("stat", path, dir_fd, follow_symlinks);
 }