diff --git a/shell_completions.md b/shell_completions.md
index 33a4c65..be17bf8 100644
--- a/shell_completions.md
+++ b/shell_completions.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ For example, if you want `kubectl get [tab][tab]` to show a list of valid "nouns
 Some simplified code from `kubectl get` looks like:
 
 ```go
-validArgs []string = { "pod", "node", "service", "replicationcontroller" }
+validArgs = []string{ "pod", "node", "service", "replicationcontroller" }
 
 cmd := &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "get [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|template|...] (RESOURCE [NAME] | RESOURCE/NAME ...)",
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ node   pod   replicationcontroller   service
 If your nouns have aliases, you can define them alongside `ValidArgs` using `ArgAliases`:
 
 ```go
-argAliases []string = { "pods", "nodes", "services", "svc", "replicationcontrollers", "rc" }
+argAliases = []string { "pods", "nodes", "services", "svc", "replicationcontrollers", "rc" }
 
 cmd := &cobra.Command{
     ...