diff --git a/docs/tutorial/schema.rst b/docs/tutorial/schema.rst
index c078667e..e4aa2f59 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/schema.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial/schema.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ the just created `flaskr` folder:
     drop table if exists entries;
     create table entries (
       id integer primary key autoincrement,
-      title string not null,
-      text string not null
+      title text not null,
+      text text not null
     );
 
 This schema consists of a single table called `entries` and each row in
diff --git a/examples/flaskr/schema.sql b/examples/flaskr/schema.sql
index 970cca77..dbb06319 100644
--- a/examples/flaskr/schema.sql
+++ b/examples/flaskr/schema.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 drop table if exists entries;
 create table entries (
   id integer primary key autoincrement,
-  title string not null,
-  text string not null
+  title text not null,
+  text text not null
 );
diff --git a/examples/minitwit/schema.sql b/examples/minitwit/schema.sql
index b64afbed..b272adc8 100644
--- a/examples/minitwit/schema.sql
+++ b/examples/minitwit/schema.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 drop table if exists user;
 create table user (
   user_id integer primary key autoincrement,
-  username string not null,
-  email string not null,
-  pw_hash string not null
+  username text not null,
+  email text not null,
+  pw_hash text not null
 );
 
 drop table if exists follower;
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ drop table if exists message;
 create table message (
   message_id integer primary key autoincrement,
   author_id integer not null,
-  text string not null,
+  text text not null,
   pub_date integer
 );