diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
index c7ad23660..be197359c 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json_fwd.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class basic_json;
 
 /// @brief JSON Pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value within a JSON document
 /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/json_pointer/
-template<typename BasicJsonType>
+template<typename RefStringType>
 class json_pointer;
 
 /*!