diff --git a/aio/content/tutorial/toh-pt4.md b/aio/content/tutorial/toh-pt4.md
index d09f68d955..716e98dfeb 100644
--- a/aio/content/tutorial/toh-pt4.md
+++ b/aio/content/tutorial/toh-pt4.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ sets the `heroService` parameter to the singleton instance of `HeroService`.
 
 ### Add `getHeroes()`
 
-Create a function to retrieve the heroes from the service.
+Create a method to retrieve the heroes from the service.
 
 <code-example path="toh-pt4/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.1.ts" header="src/app/heroes/heroes.component.ts" region="getHeroes">
 </code-example>