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diff --git a/doc/manual/special_ops.txt b/doc/manual/special_ops.txt
index 1c7136bec..93977f81b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/special_ops.txt
+++ b/doc/manual/special_ops.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ or dynamic file formats such as JSON or XML.
 When Nim encounters an expression that cannot be resolved by the
 standard overload resolution rules, the current scope will be searched
 for a dot operator that can be matched against a re-written form of
-the expression, where the unknown field or proc name is converted to
-an additional static string parameter:
+the expression, where the unknown field or proc name is passed to
+an ``untyped`` parameter:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
   a.b # becomes `.`(a, "b")
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The matched dot operators can be symbols of any callable kind (procs,
 templates and macros), depending on the desired effect:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
-  proc `.` (js: PJsonNode, field: string): JSON = js[field]
+  template `.` (js: PJsonNode, field: untyped): JSON = js[astToStr(field)]
 
   var js = parseJson("{ x: 1, y: 2}")
   echo js.x # outputs 1