diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs
index 446b916926..f4cb43eb24 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("math sqrt")
             .input_output_types(vec![
-                (Type::Number, Type::Number),
+                (Type::Number, Type::Float),
                 (
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
-                    Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
+                    Type::List(Box::new(Type::Float)),
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
             description: "Compute the square root of each number in a list",
             example: "[9 16] | math sqrt",
             result: Some(Value::list(
-                vec![Value::test_int(3), Value::test_int(4)],
+                vec![Value::test_float(3.0), Value::test_float(4.0)],
                 Span::test_data(),
             )),
         }]