diff --git a/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md b/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md
index c3fb0b637..6c1742432 100755
--- a/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md
+++ b/SYNTAX-REFERENCE.md
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ Examples:
 ```yaml
 requests:
     matchers:
-        - type: 1
+        - type: word
           words:
             - '[core]'
-        - type: 6
+        - type: dsl
           condition: and
           dsl:
             - '!contains(tolower(body), ''<html'')'
             - '!contains(tolower(body), ''<body'')'
-        - type: 4
+        - type: status
           status:
             - 200
     matchers-condition: and
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ network:
         - data: "envi\r\nquit\r\n"
     read-size: 2048
     matchers:
-        - type: 1
+        - type: word
           words:
             - zookeeper.version
 ```
@@ -688,15 +688,15 @@ Appears in:
 
 ```yaml
 matchers:
-    - type: 1
+    - type: word
       words:
         - '[core]'
-    - type: 6
+    - type: dsl
       condition: and
       dsl:
         - '!contains(tolower(body), ''<html'')'
         - '!contains(tolower(body), ''<body'')'
-    - type: 4
+    - type: status
       status:
         - 200
 matchers-condition: and
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@ inputs:
     - data: "envi\r\nquit\r\n"
 read-size: 2048
 matchers:
-    - type: 1
+    - type: word
       words:
         - zookeeper.version
 ```
diff --git a/nuclei-jsonschema.json b/nuclei-jsonschema.json
index 32d88583d..a831db3ff 100755
--- a/nuclei-jsonschema.json
+++ b/nuclei-jsonschema.json
@@ -307,12 +307,12 @@
     },
     "matchers.MatcherTypeHolder": {
       "enum": [
-        1,
-        2,
-        3,
-        4,
-        5,
-        6
+        "word",
+        "regex",
+        "binary",
+        "status",
+        "size",
+        "dsl"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "title": "type of the matcher",
diff --git a/v2/pkg/operators/matchers/matchers_types.go b/v2/pkg/operators/matchers/matchers_types.go
index f307d08b9..336355374 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/operators/matchers/matchers_types.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/operators/matchers/matchers_types.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (holder MatcherTypeHolder) JSONSchemaType() *jsonschema.Type {
 		Description: "Type of the matcher,enum=status,enum=size,enum=word,enum=regex,enum=binary,enum=dsl",
 	}
 	for _, types := range GetSupportedMatcherTypes() {
-		gotType.Enum = append(gotType.Enum, types)
+		gotType.Enum = append(gotType.Enum, types.String())
 	}
 	return gotType
 }