diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts b/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
index ca55534f1a..cc8ac2532b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export class XHRConnection implements Connection {
 
 /**
  * `XSRFConfiguration` sets up Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF) protection for the application
- * using a cookie. See {@link https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)}
+ * using a cookie. See https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)
  * for more information on XSRF.
  *
  * Applications can configure custom cookie and header names by binding an instance of this class