diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_mutex.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_mutex.h
index 19c6b5557c..23fb86c302 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_mutex.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_mutex.h
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_TryLockRWLockForWriting(SDL_RWLock *rwlock) SDL_
  *
  * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
  */
-extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_UnlockRWLock(SDL_RWLock *rwlock) SDL_RELEASE_SHARED(rwlock);
+extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_UnlockRWLock(SDL_RWLock *rwlock) SDL_RELEASE_GENERIC(rwlock);
 
 /**
  * Destroy a read/write lock created with SDL_CreateRWLock().