diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e4573f5..23f646b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -650,11 +650,14 @@ listed as a trigger, the same thing would happen when the user typed `foo->`.
 Default: `[see next line]`
 
     let g:ycm_semantic_triggers =  {
-      \   'c,cpp,objc,objcpp' : ['->', '.', '::'],
+      \   'c' : ['->', '.'],
+      \   'objc' : ['->', '.'],
+      \   'cpp,objcpp' : ['->', '.', '::'],
       \   'perl,php' : ['->'],
-      \   'cs,java,javascript,d,vim,ruby,python,perl6,scala,vb' : ['.'],
+      \   'cs,java,javascript,d,vim,ruby,python,perl6,scala,vb,elixir' : ['.'],
       \   'lua' : ['.', ':'],
-      }
+      \   'erlang' : [':'],
+    }
 
 FAQ
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diff --git a/plugin/youcompleteme.vim b/plugin/youcompleteme.vim
index 0332e79c..6eadd5cc 100644
--- a/plugin/youcompleteme.vim
+++ b/plugin/youcompleteme.vim
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ let g:ycm_global_ycm_extra_conf =
 
 let g:ycm_semantic_triggers =
       \ get( g:, 'ycm_semantic_triggers', {
-      \   'c,cpp,objc,objcpp' : ['->', '.', '::'],
+      \   'c' : ['->', '.'],
+      \   'objc' : ['->', '.'],
+      \   'cpp,objcpp' : ['->', '.', '::'],
       \   'perl,php' : ['->'],
-      \   'cs,java,javascript,d,vim,ruby,python,perl6,scala,vb' : ['.'],
+      \   'cs,java,javascript,d,vim,ruby,python,perl6,scala,vb,elixir' : ['.'],
       \   'lua' : ['.', ':'],
+      \   'erlang' : [':'],
       \ } )
 
 " On-demand loading. Let's use the autoload folder and not slow down vim's