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 The Mongoose `Schema` class in TypeScript has 9 [generic parameters](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/generics.html):
 
 * `RawDocType` - An interface describing how the data is saved in MongoDB
-* `M` - The Mongoose model type. Can be omitted if there are no query helpers or instance methods to be defined.
+* `TModelType` - The Mongoose model type. Can be omitted if there are no query helpers or instance methods to be defined.
   * default: `Model<DocType, any, any>`
 * `TInstanceMethods` - An interface containing the methods for the schema.
   * default: `{}`