diff --git a/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py b/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py
index d1b05334e..e5852e4e8 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py
+++ b/spacy/pipeline/entityruler.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class EntityRuler(Pipe):
         ent_id_sep: str = DEFAULT_ENT_ID_SEP,
         patterns: Optional[List[PatternType]] = None,
         scorer: Optional[Callable] = entity_ruler_score,
-        fuzzy: Optional[float] = None,
+        fuzzy: float = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize the entity ruler. If patterns are supplied here, they
         need to be a list of dictionaries with a `"label"` and `"pattern"`