diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
index 72a80b11600..2a2aa549c69 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 // We emit the class alias as a `let` declaration here so that it has the same
                 // TDZ as the class.
 
-                // let ${declareName} = ${decoratedClassAlias}
+                // let ${declaredName} = ${decoratedClassAlias}
                 addNode(statements,
                     setOriginalNode(
                         createVariableStatement(