diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js b/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
index 1d13f5158..47e983dd6 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.js
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ describe('class diagram, ', function () {
       const relations = parser.yy.getRelations();
 
       expect(parser.yy.getClass('Class01').id).toBe('Class01');
-      expect(parser.yy.getClass('Class01').genericType).toBe('T');
+      expect(parser.yy.getClass('Class01').type).toBe('T');
       expect(parser.yy.getClass('Class02').id).toBe('Class02');
       expect(relations[0].relation.type1).toBe(classDb.relationType.EXTENSION);
       expect(relations[0].relation.type2).toBe('none');
diff --git a/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
index 67f78aa5b..5287c5ee9 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ const drawClass = function(elem, classDef) {
 
   let classTitleString = classDef.id;
 
-  if (classDef.genericType !== undefined && classDef.genericType !== '') {
-    classTitleString += '<' + classDef.genericType + '>';
+  if (classDef.type !== undefined && classDef.type !== '') {
+    classTitleString += '<' + classDef.type + '>';
   }
 
   // add class title