diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.cpp
index 5cf4a1d562f..44bd8d01cfe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ VirtualFunctionProposalItem::VirtualFunctionProposalItem(
 {
 }
 
-void VirtualFunctionProposalItem::apply(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *, int) const
+void VirtualFunctionProposalItem::apply(TextEditor::TextDocumentManipulatorInterface &,
+                                        int) const
 {
     if (!m_link.hasValidTarget())
         return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.h
index 873200ab637..5a28e1f9021 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppvirtualfunctionproposalitem.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public:
     VirtualFunctionProposalItem(const TextEditor::TextEditorWidget::Link &link,
                                 bool openInSplit = true);
     ~VirtualFunctionProposalItem() Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT {}
-    void apply(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget * /* editorWidget */, int /* basePosition */) const;
+    void apply(TextEditor::TextDocumentManipulatorInterface &manipulator,
+               int basePosition) const override;
     TextEditor::TextEditorWidget::Link link() const { return m_link; } // Exposed for tests
 
 private: