diff --git a/filter_iterator.htm b/filter_iterator.htm
index 65e7f27..bbd96e5 100644
--- a/filter_iterator.htm
+++ b/filter_iterator.htm
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class filter_iterator_generator
 {
 public:
   typedef <tt><a href="./iterator_adaptors.htm#iterator_adaptor">iterator_adaptor</a>&lt...&gt;</tt> type; // the resulting filter iterator type 
-  typedef ... policies_type;          // the policies type for the iterator adaptor
 }
 </pre>
 
@@ -80,11 +79,12 @@ int main() {
   int numbers[] = { 0, -1, 4, -3, 5, 8, -2 };
   const int N = sizeof(numbers)/sizeof(int);
 
-  typedef boost::filter_iterator_generator&lt;is_positive_number, int*, int&gt; Gen;
+  typedef boost::filter_iterator_generator&lt;is_positive_number, int*, int&gt; 
+    FilterIter;
   is_positive_number predicate;
-  Gen::policies_type policies(predicate, numbers + N);
-  Gen::type filter_iter_first(numbers, policies);
-  Gen::type filter_iter_last(numbers + N, policies);
+  FilterIter::policies_type policies(predicate, numbers + N);
+  FilterIter filter_iter_first(numbers, policies);
+  FilterIter filter_iter_last(numbers + N, policies);
 
   std::copy(filter_iter_first, filter_iter_last, std::ostream_iterator&lt;int&gt;(std::cout, " "));
   std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
diff --git a/filter_iterator_example.cpp b/filter_iterator_example.cpp
index ce96334..6ca0605 100644
--- a/filter_iterator_example.cpp
+++ b/filter_iterator_example.cpp
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ int main()
   std::cout << std::endl;
 
   // Example using filter_iterator_generator
-  typedef boost::filter_iterator_generator<is_positive_number, int*, int> Gen;
+  typedef boost::filter_iterator_generator<is_positive_number, int*, int>::type
+    FilterIter;
   is_positive_number predicate;
-  Gen::policies_type policies(predicate, numbers + N);
-  Gen::type filter_iter_first(numbers, policies);
-  Gen::type filter_iter_last(numbers + N, policies);
+  FilterIter::policies_type policies(predicate, numbers + N);
+  FilterIter filter_iter_first(numbers, policies);
+  FilterIter filter_iter_last(numbers + N, policies);
 
   std::copy(filter_iter_first, filter_iter_last, std::ostream_iterator<int>(std::cout, " "));
   std::cout << std::endl;