diff --git a/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.scopes.internals.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.scopes.internals.ngdoc index 66d57a9fd0b8..0ad9020cb714 100644 --- a/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.scopes.internals.ngdoc +++ b/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.scopes.internals.ngdoc @@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ application. This section describes the typical life cycle of an application so scopes come into play throughout and get a sense of their interactions. ### How scopes interact in applications -1. At application compile time, a root scope is created and is attached to the root `` DOM -element. +1. At application compile time, a root scope is created and is attached to whatever DOM element contains the ng:app directive. 2. During the compilation phase, the {@link dev_guide.compiler compiler} matches {@link api/angular.directive directives} against the DOM template. The directives usually fall into one of two categories: