diff --git a/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl
index 445077f4e2..1ab4e19052 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ The @racket[cache] argument is used with @racket[path->pkg], if needed.}
 
 @defproc[(collects-relative->path
           [rel (or/c path-string?
-                     (cons/c 'collects bytes? bytes? (listof bytes?)))])
+                     (list/c 'collects bytes? bytes? (listof bytes?)))])
          path-string?]{
 
 The inverse of @racket[path->collects-relative]: if @racket[rel]
diff --git a/racket/collects/setup/collects.rkt b/racket/collects/setup/collects.rkt
index 237175dea2..c706a7074d 100644
--- a/racket/collects/setup/collects.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/setup/collects.rkt
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@
           'collects-relative->path
           (format "~s"
                   '(or/c bytes? path-string?
-                         (cons/c 'collects bytes? bytes? (listof bytes?))))
+                         (list/c 'collects bytes? bytes? (listof bytes?))))
           p)]))