diff --git a/docs/_docs/internals/specialized-traits.md b/docs/_docs/internals/specialized-traits.md
index 0f4fd5191b4b..554b7657d444 100644
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+++ b/docs/_docs/internals/specialized-traits.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ As a first example, consider a `Vec` trait for vectors over a numeric type.
 ```scala
 import scala.math.Numeric
 
-inline trait Vec[T: {Specialized, Numeric}](elems: Array[T]):
+inline trait Vec[T: {Specialized, Numeric as num}](elems: Array[T]):
 
   def length = elems.length