diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim b/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
index 0cc91b0d0e..ea02ff1fd3 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/sequtils.nim
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ template keepItIf*(varSeq: seq, pred: untyped) =
   setLen(varSeq, pos)
 
 since (1, 1):
-  template countIt*(s, pred: untyped): Natural =
+  template countIt*(s, pred: untyped): int =
     ## Returns a count of all the items that fulfilled the predicate.
     ##
     ## The predicate needs to be an expression using