diff --git a/src/include/storage/bufpage.h b/src/include/storage/bufpage.h
index 4007438719a..c28ec1fb1d7 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/bufpage.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/bufpage.h
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT bool ignore_checksum_failure;
  * fields.
  */
 
-typedef Pointer Page;
+typedef char PageData;
+typedef PageData *Page;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list b/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
index 668bddbfcd7..d5aa5c295ae 100644
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ PX_Combo
 PX_HMAC
 PX_MD
 Page
+PageData
 PageGistNSN
 PageHeader
 PageHeaderData