diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/comments.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/comments.ts
index 10b6c59dda..7007b1a33c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/comments.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/comments.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function addExpressionIdentifier(node: ts.Node, identifier: ExpressionIde
       /* hasTrailingNewLine */ false);
 }
 
-const IGNORE_MARKER = `${CommentTriviaType.DIAGNOSTIC}:ignore`;
+const IGNORE_FOR_DIAGNOSTICS_MARKER = `${CommentTriviaType.DIAGNOSTIC}:ignore`;
 
 /**
  * Tag the `ts.Node` with an indication that any errors arising from the evaluation of the node
@@ -61,17 +61,18 @@ const IGNORE_MARKER = `${CommentTriviaType.DIAGNOSTIC}:ignore`;
  */
 export function markIgnoreDiagnostics(node: ts.Node): void {
   ts.addSyntheticTrailingComment(
-      node, ts.SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia, IGNORE_MARKER, /* hasTrailingNewLine */ false);
+      node, ts.SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia, IGNORE_FOR_DIAGNOSTICS_MARKER,
+      /* hasTrailingNewLine */ false);
 }
 
 /** Returns true if the node has a marker that indicates diagnostics errors should be ignored.  */
-export function hasIgnoreMarker(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): boolean {
+export function hasIgnoreForDiagnosticsMarker(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): boolean {
   return ts.forEachTrailingCommentRange(sourceFile.text, node.getEnd(), (pos, end, kind) => {
     if (kind !== ts.SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia) {
       return null;
     }
     const commentText = sourceFile.text.substring(pos + 2, end - 2);
-    return commentText === IGNORE_MARKER;
+    return commentText === IGNORE_FOR_DIAGNOSTICS_MARKER;
   }) === true;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_util.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_util.ts
index b7d56a00a5..7bdc189dcb 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_util.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import {getTokenAtPosition} from '../../util/src/typescript';
 import {FullTemplateMapping, SourceLocation, TemplateId, TemplateSourceMapping} from '../api';
 
-import {hasIgnoreMarker, readSpanComment} from './comments';
+import {hasIgnoreForDiagnosticsMarker, readSpanComment} from './comments';
 import {checkIfClassIsExported, checkIfGenericTypesAreUnbound} from './ts_util';
 
 /**
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function findTypeCheckBlock(file: ts.SourceFile, id: TemplateId): ts.Node
 export function findSourceLocation(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): SourceLocation|null {
   // Search for comments until the TCB's function declaration is encountered.
   while (node !== undefined && !ts.isFunctionDeclaration(node)) {
-    if (hasIgnoreMarker(node, sourceFile)) {
+    if (hasIgnoreForDiagnosticsMarker(node, sourceFile)) {
       // There's an ignore marker on this node, so the diagnostic should not be reported.
       return null;
     }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function findSourceLocation(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): So
 function getTemplateId(node: ts.Node, sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): TemplateId|null {
   // Walk up to the function declaration of the TCB, the file information is attached there.
   while (!ts.isFunctionDeclaration(node)) {
-    if (hasIgnoreMarker(node, sourceFile)) {
+    if (hasIgnoreForDiagnosticsMarker(node, sourceFile)) {
       // There's an ignore marker on this node, so the diagnostic should not be reported.
       return null;
     }