diff --git a/path/__init__.py b/path/__init__.py
index 33dd979..d278091 100644
--- a/path/__init__.py
+++ b/path/__init__.py
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ def lines(
 
     def write_lines(
         self,
-        lines: list[str],
+        lines: Iterable[str],
         encoding: str | None = None,
         errors: str = 'strict',
         *,
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ def write_lines(
 
         Puts a platform-specific newline sequence on every line.
 
-            `lines` - A list of strings.
+            `lines` - An iterable of strings.
 
             `encoding` - A Unicode encoding to use.  This applies only if
                 `lines` contains any Unicode strings.
diff --git a/tests/test_path.py b/tests/test_path.py
index b424bb6..dd92544 100644
--- a/tests/test_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_path.py
@@ -1398,3 +1398,10 @@ def test_ignore(self):
     def test_invalid_handler(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             path.Handlers._resolve('raise')
+
+
+def test_write_lines_iterables(tmp_path) -> None:
+    target = Path(tmp_path) / 'lines.txt'
+    target.write_lines(('one\r\n', 'two\n'))
+    target.write_lines((line for line in ('three', 'four\r')), append=True)
+    assert target.read_text() == 'one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\n'