diff --git a/lib/utils/apply-meta-attributes.js b/lib/utils/apply-meta-attributes.js
index cc33bae..092e97f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/apply-meta-attributes.js
+++ b/lib/utils/apply-meta-attributes.js
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ module.exports = function applyMetaAttributes (target, hint, dataItemDefaults) {
     }
   )
   if (hint.hasOwnProperty('example') && !hint.hasOwnProperty('examples')) {
-    target['examples'] = [hint.example]
+    target.examples = [hint.example]
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils/make-base.js b/lib/utils/make-base.js
index c977f2c..32308ca 100644
--- a/lib/utils/make-base.js
+++ b/lib/utils/make-base.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const applyMetaAttributes = require('./apply-meta-attributes')
 
 module.exports = function makeBaseObject (hint, typeDefaults) {
-  let base = {
+  const base = {
     typeHint: hint.typeHint
   }
   applyMetaAttributes(base, hint, typeDefaults)