diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08fafd93..7283cb74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1523,13 +1523,13 @@ Default: `[see next line]`
 
     let g:ycm_semantic_triggers =  {
       \   'c' : ['->', '.'],
-      \   'objc' : ['->', '.'],
+      \   'objc' : ['->', '.', 're!\[[_a-zA-Z]+\w*\s', 're!^\s*[^\W\d]\w*\s',
+      \             're!\[.*\]\s'],
       \   'ocaml' : ['.', '#'],
       \   'cpp,objcpp' : ['->', '.', '::'],
       \   'perl' : ['->'],
       \   'php' : ['->', '::'],
-      \   'cs,java,javascript,d,python,perl6,scala,vb,elixir,go' : ['.'],
-      \   'vim' : ['re![_a-zA-Z]+[_\w]*\.'],
+      \   'cs,java,javascript,typescript,d,python,perl6,scala,vb,elixir,go' : ['.'],
       \   'ruby' : ['.', '::'],
       \   'lua' : ['.', ':'],
       \   'erlang' : [':'],
diff --git a/doc/youcompleteme.txt b/doc/youcompleteme.txt
index d076a297..4d439bae 100644
--- a/doc/youcompleteme.txt
+++ b/doc/youcompleteme.txt
@@ -1746,13 +1746,13 @@ Default: '[see next line]'
 >
   let g:ycm_semantic_triggers =  {
     \   'c' : ['->', '.'],
-    \   'objc' : ['->', '.'],
+    \   'objc' : ['->', '.', 're!\[[_a-zA-Z]+\w*\s', 're!^\s*[^\W\d]\w*\s',
+    \             're!\[.*\]\s'],
     \   'ocaml' : ['.', '#'],
     \   'cpp,objcpp' : ['->', '.', '::'],
     \   'perl' : ['->'],
     \   'php' : ['->', '::'],
-    \   'cs,java,javascript,d,python,perl6,scala,vb,elixir,go' : ['.'],
-    \   'vim' : ['re![_a-zA-Z]+[_\w]*\.'],
+    \   'cs,java,javascript,typescript,d,python,perl6,scala,vb,elixir,go' : ['.'],
     \   'ruby' : ['.', '::'],
     \   'lua' : ['.', ':'],
     \   'erlang' : [':'],