schema here does NOT refer to JSON Schema 

(but rather to thing like what
CSV module needs -- unfortunate overload for sure).
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java
index bef21be..9f6e023 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ObjectMapper.java
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@
      * pass specific schema object to {@link JsonGenerator} used for
      * writing content.
      * 
-     * @param schema JsonSchema to pass to generator
+     * @param schema Schema to pass to generator
      */
     public ObjectWriter writer(FormatSchema schema) {
         return new ObjectWriter(this, getSerializationConfig(), schema);