diff --git a/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc index a3fad11a06d0..bcc386b7c75b 100644 --- a/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc +++ b/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ When Angular {@link guide/bootstrap bootstraps} your application, the **What does it mean to "compile" an HTML template?** For AngularJS, "compilation" means attaching event listeners to the HTML to make it interactive. -The reason we use the term "compile" is that the recursive process of attaching directives +The reason we use the term "compile" is that the recursive process of attaching event listeners mirrors the process of compiling source code in [compiled programming languages](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiled_languages).