diff --git a/base/sharedarray.jl b/base/sharedarray.jl
index 899d5f2214770..ab29e05e8b47b 100644
--- a/base/sharedarray.jl
+++ b/base/sharedarray.jl
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ end
 convert(::Type{Array}, S::SharedArray) = S.s
 
 # pass through getindex and setindex! - unlike DArrays, these always work on the complete array
-getindex(S::SharedArray, I::Real) = getindex(S.s, I)
+getindex(S::SharedArray, i::Real) = getindex(S.s, i)
 
-setindex!(S::SharedArray, x, I::Real) = setindex!(S.s, x, I)
+setindex!(S::SharedArray, x, i::Real) = setindex!(S.s, x, i)
 
 function fill!(S::SharedArray, v)
     vT = convert(eltype(S), v)
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ function shmem_randn(dims; kwargs...)
 end
 shmem_randn(I::Int...; kwargs...) = shmem_randn(I; kwargs...)
 
-similar(S::SharedArray, T, dims::Dims) = SharedArray(T, dims; pids=procs(S))
-similar(S::SharedArray, T) = similar(S, T, size(S))
-similar(S::SharedArray, dims::Dims) = similar(S, eltype(S), dims)
-similar(S::SharedArray) = similar(S, eltype(S), size(S))
+similar(S::SharedArray, T, dims::Dims) = similar(S.s, T, dims)
+similar(S::SharedArray, T) = similar(S.s, T, size(S))
+similar(S::SharedArray, dims::Dims) = similar(S.s, eltype(S), dims)
+similar(S::SharedArray) = similar(S.s, eltype(S), size(S))
 
 map(f, S::SharedArray) = (S2 = similar(S); S2[:] = S[:]; map!(f, S2); S2)
 
diff --git a/test/parallel.jl b/test/parallel.jl
index 8d316ba1a83cd..021fb2ed23a54 100644
--- a/test/parallel.jl
+++ b/test/parallel.jl
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ for p in procs(d)
     @test d[idxl] == p
 end
 
+d = SharedArray(Float64, (2,3))
+@test isa(d[:,2], Vector{Float64})
+
 ### SharedArrays from a file
 
 # Mapping an existing file
@@ -183,10 +186,10 @@ d = Base.shmem_rand(dims)
 s = copy(sdata(d))
 ds = deepcopy(d)
 @test ds == d
-pids_ds = procs(ds)
-remotecall_fetch(pids_ds[findfirst(id->(id != myid()), pids_ds)], setindex!, ds, 1.0, 1:10)
+pids_d = procs(d)
+remotecall_fetch(pids_d[findfirst(id->(id != myid()), pids_d)], setindex!, d, 1.0, 1:10)
 @test ds != d
-@test s == d
+@test s != d
 
 
 # SharedArray as an array