diff --git a/doc/cql3/CQL.textile b/doc/cql3/CQL.textile
index 2d45cf1d03..225491aee6 100644
--- a/doc/cql3/CQL.textile
+++ b/doc/cql3/CQL.textile
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ bc(syntax)..
 <collection-type> ::= list '<' <native-type> '>'
                     | set  '<' <native-type> '>'
                     | map  '<' <native-type> ',' <native-type> '>'
-<tuple-type> ::= tuple '<' <native-type> (',' <native-type>)* '>'
+<tuple-type> ::= tuple '<' <type> (',' <type>)* '>'
 p. Note that the native types are keywords and as such are case-insensitive. They are however not reserved ones.
 
 p. The following table gives additional informations on the native data types, and on which kind of "constants":#constants each type supports: