diff --git a/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts b/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts
index 23d11c230e..09a779a909 100755
--- a/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ export function animation(
  * for a child animation to run, the parent animation must query each of the elements
  * containing child animations, and run them using this function.
  *
- * Note that this feature designed to be used with `query()` and it will only work
+ * Note that this feature is designed to be used with `query()` and it will only work
  * with animations that are assigned using the Angular animation library. CSS keyframes
  * and transitions are not handled by this API.
  *