diff --git a/src/History.cpp b/src/History.cpp
index 97dbea7c93c5e8cba1baf4405c65d4fb3351a249..3db747c735329af539a5233c3e62a584e3c00fb1 100644
--- a/src/History.cpp
+++ b/src/History.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ bool HistoryScrollBuffer::isWrappedLine(int lineNumber)
     return false;
 }
 
-void HistoryScrollBuffer::getCells(int lineNumber, int startColumn, int count, Character* buffer)
+void HistoryScrollBuffer::getCells(int lineNumber, int startColumn, int count, Character buffer[])
 {
   if ( count == 0 ) return;
 
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ int CompactHistoryScroll::getLineLen ( int lineNumber )
 }
 
 
-void CompactHistoryScroll::getCells ( int lineNumber, int startColumn, int count, Character* buffer )
+void CompactHistoryScroll::getCells ( int lineNumber, int startColumn, int count, Character buffer[] )
 {
   if ( count == 0 ) return;
   Q_ASSERT ( lineNumber < lines.size() );