diff --git a/docs/2.guide/4.recipes/3.custom-usefetch.md b/docs/2.guide/4.recipes/3.custom-usefetch.md
index a0ac6d7e29..45d9651237 100644
--- a/docs/2.guide/4.recipes/3.custom-usefetch.md
+++ b/docs/2.guide/4.recipes/3.custom-usefetch.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function useAPI<T>(
 ) {
   return useFetch(url, {
     ...options,
-    $fetch: useNuxtApp().$api
+    $fetch: useNuxtApp().$api as typeof $fetch
   })
 }
 ```