diff --git a/docs/source/daml/code-snippets-dev/Exceptions.daml b/docs/source/daml/code-snippets-dev/Exceptions.daml
index ce5e98375b..e475783058 100644
--- a/docs/source/daml/code-snippets-dev/Exceptions.daml
+++ b/docs/source/daml/code-snippets-dev/Exceptions.daml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ template Error
 exception MyException
   with
     field1 : Int
-    field2 : String
+    field2 : Text
   where
     message "MyException(" <> show field1 <> ", " <> show field2 <> ")"
 -- END_EXCEPTION