diff --git a/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-21-19/ValuesReturnedByLocaleSettingUsedAsPtrToConst.ql b/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-21-19/ValuesReturnedByLocaleSettingUsedAsPtrToConst.ql
index 8643918ab..0e02cc1d8 100644
--- a/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-21-19/ValuesReturnedByLocaleSettingUsedAsPtrToConst.ql
+++ b/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-21-19/ValuesReturnedByLocaleSettingUsedAsPtrToConst.ql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * @description The pointers returned by the Standard Library functions localeconv, getenv,
  *              setlocale or, strerror shall only be used as if they have pointer to const-qualified
  *              type.
- * @kind problem
+ * @kind path-problem
  * @precision very-high
  * @problem.severity error
  * @tags external/misra/id/rule-21-19
diff --git a/rule_packages/c/Contracts2.json b/rule_packages/c/Contracts2.json
index f3a1c10d3..b4845fc2b 100644
--- a/rule_packages/c/Contracts2.json
+++ b/rule_packages/c/Contracts2.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       "queries": [
         {
           "description": "The pointers returned by the Standard Library functions localeconv, getenv, setlocale or, strerror shall only be used as if they have pointer to const-qualified type.",
-          "kind": "problem",
+          "kind": "path-problem",
           "name": "The pointers returned by environment functions should be treated as const",
           "precision": "very-high",
           "severity": "error",