diff --git a/doc/api.md b/doc/api.md
index 57cdf82a..dc544e7b 100644
--- a/doc/api.md
+++ b/doc/api.md
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ parameterized version.
 
 ### Named Arguments
 
-::: arg(const Char*, const T&)
+::: arg(const char*, const T&)
 
 ### Compatibility
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/base.h b/include/fmt/base.h
index 6369e4d5..221f2a85 100644
--- a/include/fmt/base.h
+++ b/include/fmt/base.h
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ template <typename T, typename Char> struct named_arg;
 template <typename T> struct is_named_arg : std::false_type {};
 template <typename T> struct is_static_named_arg : std::false_type {};
 
-template <typename Char, typename T>
+template <typename T, typename Char>
 struct is_named_arg<named_arg<T, Char>> : std::true_type {};
 
 template <typename T, typename Char = char> struct named_arg : view {
@@ -2718,8 +2718,8 @@ using vargs =
  * in compile-time checks, but `"answer"_a=42` are compile-time checked in
  * sufficiently new compilers. See `operator""_a()`.
  */
-template <typename Char, typename T>
-inline auto arg(const Char* name, const T& arg) -> detail::named_arg<T, Char> {
+template <typename T>
+inline auto arg(const char* name, const T& arg) -> detail::named_arg<T> {
   return {name, arg};
 }
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/xchar.h b/include/fmt/xchar.h
index f80e915d..9ba1b90b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/xchar.h
+++ b/include/fmt/xchar.h
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ inline auto operator""_a(const wchar_t* s, size_t) -> detail::udl_arg<wchar_t> {
 }  // namespace literals
 #endif
 
+template <typename T>
+auto arg(const wchar_t* name, const T& arg) -> detail::named_arg<T, wchar_t> {
+  return {name, arg};
+}
+
 template <typename It, typename Sentinel>
 auto join(It begin, Sentinel end, wstring_view sep)
     -> join_view<It, Sentinel, wchar_t> {