diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 91bd721b..3b1703b8 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -122,11 +122,9 @@ end
 @deps hline straightline
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:vline}}, x, y, z)
-    n = length(x)
     newx = vec(Float64[xi for i = 1:3, xi in x])
-    newy = repeat(Float64[1, 2, NaN], n)
     x := newx
-    y := newy
+    y := y
     seriestype := :straightline
     ()
 end
@@ -145,9 +143,9 @@ end
 @deps hspan shape
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:vspan}}, x, y, z)
-    n = div(length(y), 2)
-    newx = vcat([[y[2i - 1], y[2i - 1], y[2i], y[2i], NaN] for i = 1:n]...)
-    newy = repeat([-Inf, Inf, Inf, -Inf, NaN], outer = n)
+    n = div(length(x), 2)
+    newx = vcat([[x[2i - 1], x[2i - 1], x[2i], x[2i], NaN] for i = 1:n]...)
+    newy = repeat([-Inf, Inf, Inf, -Inf, NaN], outer=div(length(x),2))
     linewidth --> 0
     x := newx
     y := newy
diff --git a/src/shorthands.jl b/src/shorthands.jl
index 0311e5d3..1417cc7d 100644
--- a/src/shorthands.jl
+++ b/src/shorthands.jl
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ julia> vline([-1,0,2])
 ```
 """
 @shorthands vline
-vline(x; kw...) = plot(x, []; kw..., seriestype=:vline)
-vline!(x; kw...) = plot!(x, []; kw..., seriestype=:vline)
-vline!(plt, x; kw...) = plot!(plt, x, []; kw..., seriestype=:vline)
+vline(x; kw...) = plot(x, repeat(Float64[1,2,NaN], length(x)); kw..., seriestype=:vline)
+vline!(x; kw...) = plot!(x, repeat(Float64[1,2,NaN], length(x)); kw..., seriestype=:vline)
+vline!(plt, x; kw...) = plot!(plt, x, repeat(Float64[1,2,NaN], length(x)); kw..., seriestype=:vline)
 
 """
     hspan(y)
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ julia> vspan(1:6)
 ```
 """
 @shorthands vspan
+vspan(x; kw...) = plot(x, []; kw..., seriestype=:vspan)
+vspan!(x; kw...) = plot!(x, []; kw..., seriestype=:vspan)
+vspan!(plt, x; kw...) = plot!(plt, x, []; kw..., seriestype=:vspan)
 
 """
     ohlc(x,y::Vector{OHLC})