diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98f2ea544562..ab6d734cc8ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -274,19 +274,19 @@ To turn on auto completion use the following commands:
 
 For bash:
 ```bash
-ng completion >> ~/.bashrc
+ng completion 1>> ~/.bashrc 2>>&1
 source ~/.bashrc
 ```
 
 For zsh:
 ```bash
-ng completion >> ~/.zshrc
+ng completion 1>> ~/.zshrc 2>>&1
 source ~/.zshrc
 ```
 
 Windows users using gitbash:
 ```bash
-ng completion >> ~/.bash_profile
+ng completion 1>> ~/.bash_profile 2>>&1
 source ~/.bash_profile
 ```
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ npm install d3 --save
 npm install @types/d3 --save-dev
 ```
 
-If the library doesn't have typings available at `@types/`, you can still use it by 
+If the library doesn't have typings available at `@types/`, you can still use it by
 manually adding typings for it:
 ```
 // in src/typings.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/utilities/completion.sh b/packages/angular-cli/utilities/completion.sh
index 907d724eaea4..918026170b3b 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/utilities/completion.sh
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/utilities/completion.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #
 # ng command completion script
 #
-# Installation: ng completion >> ~/.bashrc (or ~/.zshrc)
+# Installation: ng completion 1>> ~/.bashrc 2>>&1
+#           or  ng completion 1>> ~/.zshrc 2>>&1
 #
 
 ng_opts='b build completion doc e2e g generate get github-pages:deploy gh-pages:deploy h help i init install lint make-this-awesome new s serve server set t test v version -h --help'