diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index 5c0126cd..3c31d6ac 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use bzip2::reader::BzDecompressor;
 /// {
 ///     // For demonstration purposes we read from an empty buffer.
 ///     // Normally a File object would be used.
-///     let buf = [0u8, ..128];
+///     let buf = [0u8; 128];
 ///     let mut reader = std::io::BufReader::new(&buf);
 ///
 ///     let zip = try!(zip::ZipReader::new(reader));
diff --git a/src/writer.rs b/src/writer.rs
index d0501c31..1aacca0f 100644
--- a/src/writer.rs
+++ b/src/writer.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ enum GenericZipWriter<W>
 /// fn doit() -> zip::result::ZipResult<()>
 /// {
 ///     // For this example we write to a buffer, but normally you should use a File
-///     let mut buf = [0u8, ..65536];
+///     let mut buf = [0u8; 65536];
 ///     let w = std::io::BufWriter::new(&mut buf);
 ///     let mut zip = zip::ZipWriter::new(w);
 ///