diff --git a/docs/reference/internal_design.rst b/docs/reference/internal_design.rst
index 2e2d3322f..99a18e9ea 100644
--- a/docs/reference/internal_design.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/internal_design.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Internal Reference Docs
-=======================
+Internal Reference
+==================
 
 .. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
diff --git a/docs/reference/internal_modules.rst b/docs/reference/internal_modules.rst
index f2932c322..c3cc70060 100644
--- a/docs/reference/internal_modules.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/internal_modules.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ Internal Modules
 Provides a convenient way to import type hints that are not available
 on some Python versions.
 
+.. py:class:: FileDescriptor
+
+    Typing alias.
+
+.. py:class:: StrOrBytesPath
+
+    Typing alias.
+
+.. py:class:: SupportsRead
+
+    An object that supports the read method.
+
 .. py:data:: TypeGuard
     :value: typing.TypeGuard
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/GdImageFile.py b/src/PIL/GdImageFile.py
index 7bb4736af..315ac6d6c 100644
--- a/src/PIL/GdImageFile.py
+++ b/src/PIL/GdImageFile.py
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from io import BytesIO
+from typing import IO
 
 from . import ImageFile, ImagePalette, UnidentifiedImageError
 from ._binary import i16be as i16
 from ._binary import i32be as i32
+from ._typing import FileDescriptor, StrOrBytesPath
 
 
 class GdImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
@@ -80,7 +81,9 @@ class GdImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
         ]
 
 
-def open(fp: BytesIO, mode: str = "r") -> GdImageFile:
+def open(
+    fp: StrOrBytesPath | FileDescriptor | IO[bytes], mode: str = "r"
+) -> GdImageFile:
     """
     Load texture from a GD image file.
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/MpegImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/MpegImagePlugin.py
index b9e9243e5..1565612f8 100644
--- a/src/PIL/MpegImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/MpegImagePlugin.py
@@ -14,17 +14,16 @@
 #
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from io import BytesIO
-
 from . import Image, ImageFile
 from ._binary import i8
+from ._typing import SupportsRead
 
 #
 # Bitstream parser
 
 
 class BitStream:
-    def __init__(self, fp: BytesIO) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, fp: SupportsRead[bytes]) -> None:
         self.fp = fp
         self.bits = 0
         self.bitbuffer = 0
diff --git a/src/PIL/_typing.py b/src/PIL/_typing.py
index 608b2b41f..6eb25c1c1 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_typing.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_typing.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import sys
+from typing import Protocol, TypeVar, Union
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     from typing import TypeGuard
@@ -15,4 +17,16 @@ else:
                 return bool
 
 
-__all__ = ["TypeGuard"]
+_T_co = TypeVar("_T_co", covariant=True)
+
+
+class SupportsRead(Protocol[_T_co]):
+    def read(self, __length: int = ...) -> _T_co:
+        ...
+
+
+FileDescriptor = int
+StrOrBytesPath = Union[str, bytes, "os.PathLike[str]", "os.PathLike[bytes]"]
+
+
+__all__ = ["FileDescriptor", "TypeGuard", "StrOrBytesPath", "SupportsRead"]
diff --git a/src/PIL/_util.py b/src/PIL/_util.py
index 13f369cca..4ecdc4bd3 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_util.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_util.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, NoReturn
 
-from ._typing import TypeGuard
+from ._typing import StrOrBytesPath, TypeGuard
 
 
-def is_path(f: Any) -> TypeGuard[bytes | str | Path]:
+def is_path(f: Any) -> TypeGuard[StrOrBytesPath]:
     return isinstance(f, (bytes, str, Path))