diff --git a/src/matrix-api.c b/src/matrix-api.c
index f7f89f6..85254b1 100644
--- a/src/matrix-api.c
+++ b/src/matrix-api.c
@@ -1995,8 +1995,8 @@ matrix_api_register_account(MatrixAPI *api,
  *           ID
  * @room_id: (allow-none): the room to set account data for. If %NULL,
  *           the account data will be set globally
- * @type: the event type of the account data to set. Custom types
- *        should be namespaced to avoid clashes.
+ * @event_type: the event type of the account data to set. Custom
+ *              types should be namespaced to avoid clashes
  * @content: (transfer full): the content of the account data
  * @error: return location for a #GError, or %NULL
  *
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ matrix_api_set_account_data(MatrixAPI *api,
                             gpointer user_data,
                             const gchar *user_id,
                             const gchar *room_id,
-                            const gchar *type,
+                            const gchar *event_type,
                             JsonNode *content,
                             GError **error)
 {
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ matrix_api_set_account_data(MatrixAPI *api,
     MATRIX_API_GET_IFACE(api)
         ->set_account_data(api,
                            callback, user_data,
-                           user_id, room_id, type, content, error);
+                           user_id, room_id, event_type, content, error);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/matrix-api.h b/src/matrix-api.h
index ae50c3e..d367eac 100644
--- a/src/matrix-api.h
+++ b/src/matrix-api.h
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ struct _MatrixAPIInterface {
                              gpointer user_data,
                              const gchar *user_id,
                              const gchar *room_id,
-                             const gchar *type,
+                             const gchar *event_type,
                              JsonNode *content,
                              GError **error);
     void (*get_room_tags)(MatrixAPI *api,
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ void matrix_api_set_account_data(MatrixAPI *api,
                                  gpointer user_data,
                                  const gchar *user_id,
                                  const gchar *room_id,
-                                 const gchar *type,
+                                 const gchar *event_type,
                                  JsonNode *content,
                                  GError **error);
 void matrix_api_get_room_tags(MatrixAPI *api,