* lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-symbol-words): Fix type.

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
index c91645568cf9426f3f73dac6bf4bcc9b8daeabec..e10ea736cd233e718c9f9b0281a585f20208f011 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ with a universal argument.")
   "A list of symbol names (strings) which also happen to make good words.
 These words are ignored when unquoted symbols are searched for.
 This should be set in an Emacs Lisp file's local variables."
-  :type '(repeat (symbol :tag "Word"))
+  :type '(repeat (string :tag "Word"))
   :version "28.1")
 ;;;###autoload(put 'checkdoc-symbol-words 'safe-local-variable #'checkdoc-list-of-strings-p)