diff --git a/std/process.zig b/std/process.zig
index 410575297e3a1a90f8c2314956880b975e4c82e9..b39c6e119672d322c849777710b53ca9f6476446 100644
--- a/std/process.zig
+++ b/std/process.zig
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ pub fn args() ArgIterator {
 }
 
 /// Caller must call argsFree on result.
-pub fn argsAlloc(allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![]const []u8 {
+pub fn argsAlloc(allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![][]u8 {
     if (builtin.os == .wasi) {
         var count: usize = undefined;
         var buf_size: usize = undefined;