diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-init b/libexec/pyenv-init
index 19d3ce1a..3892ec65 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-init
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-init
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function help_() {
       echo
       echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"'
       echo '[[ -d $PYENV_ROOT/bin ]] && export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"'
-      echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -'$shell')"'
+      echo 'eval "$(pyenv init - '$shell')"'
       ;;
     esac
     echo
diff --git a/man/man1/pyenv.1 b/man/man1/pyenv.1
index c3d2de1b..106c2574 100644
--- a/man/man1/pyenv.1
+++ b/man/man1/pyenv.1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pyenv lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python\. It's simple,
 .RS 15
 .nf
 if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n
-   eval "$(pyenv init -)" \n
+   eval "$(pyenv init - bash)" \n
 fi
 .fi
 .RE