diff --git a/aio/content/guide/reactive-forms.md b/aio/content/guide/reactive-forms.md
index 3a3a8cc5176b4..388a8921b6ca8 100644
--- a/aio/content/guide/reactive-forms.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/reactive-forms.md
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ within the `form` element.
 *Reminder*: Ignore the many mentions of `form-group`,
 `form-control`, `center-block`, and `checkbox` in this markup.
 Those are _bootstrap_ CSS classes that Angular itself ignores.
-Pay attention to the `formGroupName` and `formControlName` attributes.
+Pay attention to the `[formGroup]` and `formControlName` attributes.
 They are the Angular directives that bind the HTML controls to the
 Angular `FormGroup` and `FormControl` properties in the component class.