diff --git a/fmt/format.h b/fmt/format.h
index 13be77c3..2a411d94 100644
--- a/fmt/format.h
+++ b/fmt/format.h
@@ -1655,14 +1655,16 @@ class format_spec {
   T value() const { return value_; }
 };
 
+// template <typename Char>
+// using fill_spec = format_spec<Char, fill_tag>;
 template <typename Char>
 class fill_spec : public format_spec<Char, fill_tag> {
  public:
   explicit fill_spec(Char value) : format_spec<Char, fill_tag>(value) {}
 };
 
-using width_spec = format_spec<unsigned, width_tag>;
-using type_spec = format_spec<char, type_tag>;
+typedef format_spec<unsigned, width_tag> width_spec;
+typedef format_spec<char, type_tag> type_spec;
 
 class fill_spec_factory {
  public:
diff --git a/test/util-test.cc b/test/util-test.cc
index a02bef69..88bad995 100644
--- a/test/util-test.cc
+++ b/test/util-test.cc
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ TEST(UtilTest, WindowsError) {
 TEST(UtilTest, ReportWindowsError) {
   fmt::MemoryWriter out;
   fmt::internal::format_windows_error(out, ERROR_FILE_EXISTS, "test error");
-  out << '\n';
+  out.write('\n');
   EXPECT_WRITE(stderr,
       fmt::report_windows_error(ERROR_FILE_EXISTS, "test error"), out.str());
 }