diff --git a/asciidocs/containers.adoc b/asciidocs/containers.adoc
index a1e378a0..be8a7452 100644
--- a/asciidocs/containers.adoc
+++ b/asciidocs/containers.adoc
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ with the following container directives for each process:
 [source,nextflow,linenums]
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 process FASTQC {
-    container = 'biocontainers/fastqc:v0.11.5'
+    container 'biocontainers/fastqc:v0.11.5'
     tag "FASTQC on $sample_id"
 ...
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@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ and
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 process QUANTIFICATION {
     tag "Salmon on $sample_id"
-    container = 'quay.io/biocontainers/salmon:1.7.0--h84f40af_0'
+    container 'quay.io/biocontainers/salmon:1.7.0--h84f40af_0'
     publishDir params.outdir, mode:'copy'
 ...
 ----