diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts
index a98a8c7f82..d8b684288a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function defineComponent<T>(componentDefinition: {
    * ```
    * {
    *   publicInput1: 'publicInput1',
-   *   declaredInput2: ['declaredInput2', 'publicInput2'],
+   *   declaredInput2: ['publicInput2', 'declaredInput2'],
    * }
    * ```
    *
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export function defineComponent<T>(componentDefinition: {
    * ```
    * {
    *   minifiedPublicInput1: 'publicInput1',
-   *   minifiedDeclaredInput2: [ 'publicInput2', 'declaredInput2'],
+   *   minifiedDeclaredInput2: ['publicInput2', 'declaredInput2'],
    * }
    * ```
    *
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function defineComponent<T>(componentDefinition: {
    *
    * NOTE:
    *  - Because declared and public name are usually same we only generate the array
-   *    `['declared', 'public']` format when they differ.
+   *    `['public', 'declared']` format when they differ.
    *  - The reason why this API and `outputs` API is not the same is that `NgOnChanges` has
    *    inconsistent behavior in that it uses declared names rather than minified or public. For
    *    this reason `NgOnChanges` will be deprecated and removed in future version and this