diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 77a13ab22a09..dd47ca3bc080 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ function directiveNormalize(name) {
  *
  *
  * @param {string} name Normalized element attribute name of the property to modify. The name is
- *          revers translated using the {@link ng.$compile.directive.Attributes#$attr $attr}
+ *          reverse-translated using the {@link ng.$compile.directive.Attributes#$attr $attr}
  *          property to the original name.
  * @param {string} value Value to set the attribute to. The value can be an interpolated string.
  */