diff --git a/aio/content/guide/angular-compiler-options.md b/aio/content/guide/angular-compiler-options.md
index c2878a70e2..9f4e4a7fd9 100644
--- a/aio/content/guide/angular-compiler-options.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/angular-compiler-options.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ would be `"index.d.ts"`.
 
 When `true` (recommended), enables the [binding expression validation](guide/aot-compiler#binding-expression-validation) phase of the template compiler, which uses TypeScript to validate binding expressions. For more information, see [Template type checking](guide/template-typecheck).
 
-Default is `false`, but when you use the CLI command `ng new`, it is set to `true` by default in the generated project's configuration.
+Default is `false`, but when you use the CLI command `ng new --strict`, it is set to `true` in the generated project's configuration.
 
 ### `generateCodeForLibraries`