diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index 9beeda8e..669c3928 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ that give one-letter shorthands for flags. You can use these by appending
 	var ip = flag.IntP("flagname", "f", 1234, "help message")
 	var flagvar bool
 	func init() {
-		flag.BoolVarP("boolname", "b", true, "help message")
+		flag.BoolVarP(&flagvar, "boolname", "b", true, "help message")
 	}
-	flag.VarP(&flagVar, "varname", "v", 1234, "help message")
+	flag.VarP(&flagval, "varname", "v", "help message")
 Shorthand letters can be used with single dashes on the command line.
 Boolean shorthand flags can be combined with other shorthand flags.