diff --git a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/Implicits.scala b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/Implicits.scala
index fc2b08b97..c1f440e0c 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/Implicits.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/Implicits.scala
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ object Implicits {
     override def hasNegative: Boolean = false
   }
 
+  case object --- extends IndexRange {
+    override def hasNegative: Boolean = false
+  }
+
   implicit class IntRange(val underlying: Int) extends IndexNumberRange {
     protected[nd4s] override def asRange(max: => Int): DRange =
       DRange(underlying, underlying, true, 1, max)
diff --git a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/SliceableNDArray.scala b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/SliceableNDArray.scala
index 565548e98..9c5b05c21 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/SliceableNDArray.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/SliceableNDArray.scala
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ trait SliceableNDArray[A <: INDArray] {
         case ---> :: t =>
           val ellipsised = List.fill(originalShape.length - i - t.size)(->)
           modifyTargetIndices(ellipsised ::: t, i, acc)
+        case --- :: t =>
+          val ellipsised = List.fill(originalShape.length - i - t.size)(->)
+          modifyTargetIndices(ellipsised ::: t, i, acc)
         case IntRangeFrom(from: Int) :: t =>
           val max = originalShape(i)
           modifyTargetIndices(t, i + 1, IndexNumberRange.toNDArrayIndex(from, max, false, 1, max) :: acc)
diff --git a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala
index 801309c85..b71f3df94 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ class SameDiffWrapper {
     sd.placeHolder(name, dataType, shape: _*)
 }
 
-case class SDIndexWrapper(end: Long) {
+case class SDIndexWrapper(start: Long) {
 
-  def ::(start: Long): SDIndex =
+  def ->(end: Long): SDIndex =
     SDIndex.interval(start, end)
 }
 
diff --git a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/implicits/Implicits.scala b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/implicits/Implicits.scala
index 004cb6703..1781d5b82 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/implicits/Implicits.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/implicits/Implicits.scala
@@ -51,4 +51,12 @@ object Implicits {
 
   implicit def LongToPoint(x: Long): SDIndex =
     SDIndex.point(x)
+
+  implicit def IntRangeToWrapper(start: Int): SDIndexWrapper = {
+    val result = new SDIndexWrapper(start)
+    result
+  }
+
+  implicit def IntToPoint(x: Int): SDIndex =
+    SDIndex.point(x)
 }
diff --git a/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/NDArrayExtractionTest.scala b/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/NDArrayExtractionTest.scala
index 6d1f9c795..e19f4ccf7 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/NDArrayExtractionTest.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/NDArrayExtractionTest.scala
@@ -48,6 +48,24 @@ trait NDArrayExtractionTestBase extends FlatSpec { self: OrderingForTest =>
     assert(extracted == expected)
   }
 
+  /*it should "be able to extract a part of 2d matrix with alternative syntax" in {
+    val ndArray =
+      Array(
+        Array(1, 2, 3),
+        Array(4, 5, 6),
+        Array(7, 8, 9)
+      ).mkNDArray(ordering)
+
+    val extracted = ndArray(1 :: 3, 0 :: 2)
+
+    val expected =
+      Array(
+        Array(4, 5),
+        Array(7, 8)
+      ).mkNDArray(ordering)
+    assert(extracted == expected)
+  }*/
+
   it should "be able to extract a part of 2d matrix with double data" in {
     val ndArray = (5 to 8).map(_.toDouble).mkNDArray(Array(2, 2), NDOrdering.C)
 
@@ -171,6 +189,9 @@ trait NDArrayExtractionTestBase extends FlatSpec { self: OrderingForTest =>
 
     val ellipsised = ndArray(--->)
     assert(ellipsised == ndArray)
+
+    val ellipsised1 = ndArray(---)
+    assert(ellipsised1 == ndArray)
   }
 
   it should "accept partially ellipsis indices" in {
diff --git a/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala b/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala
index dc41b31f6..a650d19d1 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class MathTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
     x(0, ---).eval shouldBe x(SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.all()).eval
 
     val slice1 = x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.all()).eval
-    val slice2 = x(0 :: 2, ---).eval
+    val slice2 = x(0 -> 2, ---).eval
     slice1 shouldBe slice2
   }
 
@@ -237,10 +237,10 @@ class MathTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
     x.get(SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.all()).eval shouldBe x(0, 0, ---).eval
     x.get(SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.point(0)).eval shouldBe x(0, 0, 0).eval
 
-    x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.point(0)).eval shouldBe x(0 :: 2, 0, 0).eval
-    x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.interval(0, 1), SDIndex.interval(0, 2)).eval shouldBe x(0 :: 2,
-                                                                                                  0 :: 1,
-                                                                                                  0 :: 2).eval
-    x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.interval(0, 1), SDIndex.all()).eval shouldBe x(0 :: 2, 0 :: 1, ---).eval
+    x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.point(0), SDIndex.point(0)).eval shouldBe x(0 -> 2, 0, 0).eval
+    x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.interval(0, 1), SDIndex.interval(0, 2)).eval shouldBe x(0 -> 2,
+                                                                                                  0 -> 1,
+                                                                                                  0 -> 2).eval
+    x.get(SDIndex.interval(0, 2), SDIndex.interval(0, 1), SDIndex.all()).eval shouldBe x(0 -> 2, 0 -> 1, ---).eval
   }
 }