diff --git a/src/api/api_seq.cpp b/src/api/api_seq.cpp
index e1a6325dcd4..a7eb237b39b 100644
--- a/src/api/api_seq.cpp
+++ b/src/api/api_seq.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ extern "C" {
         Z3_CATCH_RETURN(0);
     }    
 
-    void Z3_API Z3_get_string_contents(Z3_context c, Z3_ast s, unsigned length, unsigned* contents) {
+    void Z3_API Z3_get_string_contents(Z3_context c, Z3_ast s, unsigned length, unsigned contents[]) {
         Z3_TRY;
         LOG_Z3_get_string_contents(c, s, length, contents);
         RESET_ERROR_CODE();
diff --git a/src/api/z3_api.h b/src/api/z3_api.h
index 3c530f4d645..e6cd0a5b301 100644
--- a/src/api/z3_api.h
+++ b/src/api/z3_api.h
@@ -3554,7 +3554,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
        def_API('Z3_get_string_contents', VOID, (_in(CONTEXT), _in(AST), _in(UINT), _out_array(2, UINT)))
      */
-    void Z3_API Z3_get_string_contents(Z3_context c, Z3_ast s, unsigned length, unsigned buffer[]);
+    void Z3_API Z3_get_string_contents(Z3_context c, Z3_ast s, unsigned length, unsigned contents[]);
     
     /**
        \brief Create an empty sequence of the sequence sort \c seq.