diff --git a/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts b/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts
index 1a57f51d8e..a8701e2ed4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export interface Directive {
    * Enumerates the set of event-bound output properties.
    *
    * When an output property emits an event, an event handler attached to that event
-   * the template is invoked.
+   * in the template is invoked.
    *
    * The `outputs` property defines a set of `directiveProperty` to `bindingProperty`
    * configuration: