diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view.js
index 9ab6a90d47..a89e2043d8 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class View {
    *   directives: [For]
    *   template: '
    *   <ul>
-   *     <li *ng-for="item in items">{{item}}</li>
+   *     <li *ng-for="#item of items">{{item}}</li>
    *   </ul>'
    * })
    * class MyComponent {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/directives/ng_for.js b/modules/angular2/src/directives/ng_for.js
index b9499ce1f8..29ecc78127 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/directives/ng_for.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/directives/ng_for.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
  * # Syntax
  *
  * - `<li *ng-for="#item of items; #i = index">...</li>`
- * - `<li template="ng-for #item ng-for-of items; #i=index">...</li>`
+ * - `<li template="ng-for #item of items; #i=index">...</li>`
  * - `<template [ng-for]="#item" [ng-for-of]="items" #i="index"><li>...</li></template>`
  *
  * @exportedAs angular2/directives