diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
index e7b4323b942..13d346d55de 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ export default class JsDocCompletionHelper implements CompletionItemProvider {
 		template = template.replace(/^(\/\*\*\s*\*[ ]*)$/m, (x) => x + `\$0`);
 		template = template.replace(/\* @param([ ]\{\S+\})?\s+(\S+)\s*$/gm, (_param, type, post) => {
 			let out = '* @param ';
-			if (type === ' {any}' || type === ' {*}') {
-				out += `{\$\{${snippetIndex++}:*\}} `;
+			if (type === ' {any}') {
+				out += `{\$\{${snippetIndex++}:\any\}} `;
 			} else if (type) {
 				out += type + ' ';
 			}