diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/WalkAST.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/WalkAST.cpp
index 8a1dd77176cdf..ab1476ea09972 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/WalkAST.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/lib/WalkAST.cpp
@@ -95,14 +95,15 @@ class ASTWalker : public RecursiveASTVisitor<ASTWalker> {
   // to them doesn't count as uses (generally the type should provide them, so
   // ignore them).
   // Unless we're using an operator defined as a member, in such cases treat
-  // this as a regular reference.
+  // these as regular member references.
   bool TraverseCXXOperatorCallExpr(CXXOperatorCallExpr *S) {
     if (!WalkUpFromCXXOperatorCallExpr(S))
       return false;
     if (auto *CD = S->getCalleeDecl()) {
       if (llvm::isa<CXXMethodDecl>(CD)) {
         // Treat this as a regular member reference.
-        report(S->getOperatorLoc(), getMemberProvider(S->getArg(0)->getType()));
+        report(S->getOperatorLoc(), getMemberProvider(S->getArg(0)->getType()),
+               RefType::Implicit);
       } else {
         report(S->getOperatorLoc(), llvm::dyn_cast<NamedDecl>(CD),
                RefType::Implicit);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/WalkASTTest.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/WalkASTTest.cpp
index fceec670076c9..ac2085d82c1d8 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/WalkASTTest.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/include-cleaner/unittests/WalkASTTest.cpp
@@ -296,12 +296,12 @@ TEST(WalkAST, Operator) {
   testWalk(
       "struct string { friend int $implicit^operator+(string, string); }; ",
       "int k = string() ^+ string();");
-  // Unless they're members, we treat them as regular member expr calls.
-  testWalk("struct $explicit^string {int operator+(string); }; ",
+  // Treat member operators as regular member expr calls.
+  testWalk("struct $implicit^string {int operator+(string); }; ",
            "int k = string() ^+ string();");
   // Make sure usage is attributed to the alias.
   testWalk(
-      "struct string {int operator+(string); }; using $explicit^foo = string;",
+      "struct string {int operator+(string); }; using $implicit^foo = string;",
       "int k = foo() ^+ string();");
 }