diff --git a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-overrides.txt b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-overrides.txt
index 3ffff9ccd8..77dd4d07be 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-overrides.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk4-overrides.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
 # GdkAtom is an opaque typedef
-<STRUCT>
+<TYPEDEF>
 <NAME>GdkAtom</NAME>
-</STRUCT>
+typedef struct _GdkAtom *GdkAtom;
+</TYPEDEF>
 
 <MACRO>
 <NAME>GDK_WINDOWING_X11</NAME>