diff --git a/pandas/_testing/asserters.py b/pandas/_testing/asserters.py
index 90ee600c1967d..7c89946a0c12f 100644
--- a/pandas/_testing/asserters.py
+++ b/pandas/_testing/asserters.py
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ def assert_series_equal(
     check_dtype: bool | Literal["equiv"] = True,
     check_index_type="equiv",
     check_series_type=True,
-    check_less_precise=no_default,
+    check_less_precise: bool | int | NoDefault = no_default,
     check_names=True,
     check_exact=False,
     check_datetimelike_compat=False,
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index f896169d0ae44..ef7e8421a0cdd 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -1050,7 +1050,9 @@ def _rename(
             return result.__finalize__(self, method="rename")
 
     @rewrite_axis_style_signature("mapper", [("copy", True), ("inplace", False)])
-    def rename_axis(self, mapper=lib.no_default, **kwargs):
+    def rename_axis(
+        self, mapper: IndexLabel | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default, **kwargs
+    ):
         """
         Set the name of the axis for the index or columns.
 
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
index 4da39318579eb..583612b4659b6 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/multi.py
@@ -578,7 +578,10 @@ def from_tuples(
 
     @classmethod
     def from_product(
-        cls, iterables, sortorder=None, names=lib.no_default
+        cls,
+        iterables: Sequence[Iterable[Hashable]],
+        sortorder: int | None = None,
+        names: Sequence[Hashable] | lib.NoDefault = lib.no_default,
     ) -> MultiIndex:
         """
         Make a MultiIndex from the cartesian product of multiple iterables.
diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/groupby.py b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/groupby.py
index 1b16eefb360ae..4f1cd3f38343a 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/groupby.py
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ def reconstruct_data_with_by(
 
     data_list = []
     for key, group in grouped:
-        columns = MultiIndex.from_product([[key], cols])
+        # error: List item 1 has incompatible type "Union[Hashable,
+        # Sequence[Hashable]]"; expected "Iterable[Hashable]"
+        columns = MultiIndex.from_product([[key], cols])  # type: ignore[list-item]
         sub_group = group[cols]
         sub_group.columns = columns
         data_list.append(sub_group)