diff --git a/docs/lib.md b/docs/lib.md
index f4bbdcd5..598f0a2b 100644
--- a/docs/lib.md
+++ b/docs/lib.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ JC lib module
 ### parse
 
 ```python
-def parse(parser_mod_name: str, data: Union[str, Iterable[str]], quiet: Optional[bool] = False, raw: Optional[bool] = False, ignore_exceptions: Optional[bool] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Union[Dict, List[Dict], Iterator[Dict]]
+def parse(parser_mod_name: str, data: Union[str, Iterable[str]], quiet: Optional[bool] = False, raw: Optional[bool] = False, ignore_exceptions: Optional[bool] = None, **kwargs: Optional[Any]) -> Union[Dict, List[Dict], Iterator[Dict]]
 ```
 
 Parse the string data using the supplied parser module.
diff --git a/jc/lib.py b/jc/lib.py
index bf0812ba..4e62b99c 100644
--- a/jc/lib.py
+++ b/jc/lib.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def parse(
     quiet: Optional[bool] = False,
     raw: Optional[bool] = False,
     ignore_exceptions: Optional[bool] = None,
-    **kwargs: Any
+    **kwargs: Optional[Any]
 ) -> Union[Dict, List[Dict], Iterator[Dict]]:
     """
     Parse the string data using the supplied parser module.