diff --git a/src/jsx.erl b/src/jsx.erl
index 52dae15..dbf072b 100644
--- a/src/jsx.erl
+++ b/src/jsx.erl
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 -endif.
 
 
--type json_term() :: list({binary(), json_term()})
-    | list(json_term())
+-type json_term()
+   :: [{binary() | atom(), json_term()}]
+    | [json_term()]
     | true
     | false
     | null
@@ -162,4 +163,4 @@ parser(Handler, State, Config) -> jsx_parser:parser(Handler, State, Config).
 resume(Term, {decoder, State, Handler, Acc, Stack}, Config) ->
     jsx_decoder:resume(Term, State, Handler, Acc, Stack, jsx_config:parse_config(Config));
 resume(Term, {parser, State, Handler, Stack}, Config) ->
-    jsx_parser:resume(Term, State, Handler, Stack, jsx_config:parse_config(Config)).
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+    jsx_parser:resume(Term, State, Handler, Stack, jsx_config:parse_config(Config)).