diff --git a/cue/builtins.go b/cue/builtins.go
index 0957474..946d9d9 100644
--- a/cue/builtins.go
+++ b/cue/builtins.go
@@ -1184,21 +1184,21 @@
 			},
 		}},
 		cue: `{
-	Comparer :: {
-		T ::  _
+	Comparer: {
+		T:    _
 		less: bool
 		x:    T
 		y:    T
 	}
-	Ascending :: {
-		T ::  number | string
+	Ascending: {
+		T:    number | string
 		less: true && x < y
 		x:    T
 		y:    T
 		Comparer
 	}
-	Descending :: {
-		T ::  number | string
+	Descending: {
+		T:    number | string
 		less: x > y
 		x:    T
 		y:    T
diff --git a/pkg/list/sort.cue b/pkg/list/sort.cue
index 4ea3e78..edd5552 100644
--- a/pkg/list/sort.cue
+++ b/pkg/list/sort.cue
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 package list
 
 // A Comparer specifies whether one value is strictly less than another value.
-Comparer :: {
-	T ::  _
+Comparer: {
+	T:    _
 	x:    T
 	y:    T
 	less: bool // true if x < y
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 //
 // Example:
 //     list.Sort(a, list.Ascending)
-Ascending :: {
+Ascending: {
 	Comparer
-	T :: number | string
-	x:   T
-	y:   T
+	T: number | string
+	x: T
+	y: T
 	// TODO: the following will be fixed when removing old-school templating.
 	less: true && (x < y)
 }
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 //
 // Example:
 //     list.Sort(a, list.Descending)
-Descending :: {
+Descending: {
 	Comparer
-	T ::  number | string
+	T:    number | string
 	x:    T
 	y:    T
 	less: (x > y)
diff --git a/pkg/list/sort.go b/pkg/list/sort.go
index 6947aab..ac33f4f 100644
--- a/pkg/list/sort.go
+++ b/pkg/list/sort.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 // Sort sorts data. It does O(n*log(n)) comparisons.
 // The sort is not guaranteed to be stable.
 //
-// cmp is a struct of the form {T :: _, x: T, y: T, less: bool}, where
+// cmp is a struct of the form {T: _, x: T, y: T, less: bool}, where
 // less should reflect x < y.
 //
 // Example: