diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 42d0d59c5..ce4d7d7f3 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 <!-- Add all new changes here. They will be moved under a version at release -->
+* `FIX` Correct `math.type` meta return annotation to use `nil` instead of the string literal `'nil'`
 
 ## 3.18.2
 * `CHG` `duplicate-set-field` diagnostic now supports linked suppression: when any occurrence of a duplicate field is suppressed with `---@diagnostic disable` or `---@diagnostic disable-next-line`, all warnings for that field name will be suppressed
diff --git a/meta/template/math.lua b/meta/template/math.lua
index f75c9b1a0..c20ab8c93 100644
--- a/meta/template/math.lua
+++ b/meta/template/math.lua
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function math.tointeger(x) end
 ---@return
 ---| '"integer"'
 ---| '"float"'
----| 'nil'
+---| nil
 ---@nodiscard
 function math.type(x) end