diff --git a/Doc/c-api/type.rst b/Doc/c-api/type.rst
index 46cb3768fce..630c7db437c 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/type.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/type.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Type Objects
    The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in types.
 
 
-.. c:var:: PyObject* PyType_Type
+.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyType_Type
 
    This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as
    :class:`type` in the Python layer.