diff --git a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
index 51663e97b..497df1e2a 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
@@ -725,11 +725,11 @@ HEADER;
 
         $filesystem = new Filesystem();
 
-        $vendorPathCode = ' ' . $filesystem->findShortestPathCode(realpath($targetDir), $vendorPath, true, true) . " . '/";
-        $appBaseDirCode = ' ' . $filesystem->findShortestPathCode(realpath($targetDir), $basePath, true, true) . " . '/";
+        $vendorPathCode = ' => ' . $filesystem->findShortestPathCode(realpath($targetDir), $vendorPath, true, true) . " . '/";
+        $appBaseDirCode = ' => ' . $filesystem->findShortestPathCode(realpath($targetDir), $basePath, true, true) . " . '/";
 
-        $absoluteVendorPathCode = ' ' . substr(var_export(rtrim($vendorDir, '\\/') . '/', true), 0, -1);
-        $absoluteAppBaseDirCode = ' ' . substr(var_export(rtrim($baseDir, '\\/') . '/', true), 0, -1);
+        $absoluteVendorPathCode = ' => ' . substr(var_export(rtrim($vendorDir, '\\/') . '/', true), 0, -1);
+        $absoluteAppBaseDirCode = ' => ' . substr(var_export(rtrim($baseDir, '\\/') . '/', true), 0, -1);
 
         $initializer = '';
         $prefix = "\0Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader\0";