diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 18357766d1..e362b7e76b 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -2160,12 +2160,13 @@ an otherwise legal index expression, a run-time exception occurs.
 
 <p>
 However, if an index expression on a map <code>a</code> of type <code>map[K] V</code>
-is used in an assignment of one of the special forms
+is used in an assignment or initialization of the form
 </p>
 
 <pre>
 r, ok = a[x]
 r, ok := a[x]
+var r, ok = a[x]
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -2262,12 +2263,13 @@ is known only at run-time, the type of <code>x.(T)</code> is
 known to be <code>T</code> in a correct program.
 </p>
 <p>
-If a type assertion is used in an assignment of one of the special forms,
+If a type assertion is used in an assignment or initialization of the form
 </p>
 
 <pre>
 v, ok = x.(T)
 v, ok := x.(T)
+var v, ok = x.(T)
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -2851,11 +2853,13 @@ f(<-ch)
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-If a receive expression is used in a tuple assignment of the form
+If a receive expression is used in an assignment or initialization of the form
 </p>
 
 <pre>
-x, ok = <-ch;  // or: x, ok := <-ch
+x, ok = <-ch
+x, ok := <-ch
+var x, ok = <-ch
 </pre>
 
 <p>