diff --git a/include/linux/refcount.h b/include/linux/refcount.h
index 497990c69b0b..b8a6e387f8f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/refcount.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 struct mutex;
 
 /**
- * struct refcount_t - variant of atomic_t specialized for reference counts
+ * typedef refcount_t - variant of atomic_t specialized for reference counts
  * @refs: atomic_t counter field
  *
  * The counter saturates at REFCOUNT_SATURATED and will not move once