diff --git a/ionic/components/modal/modal.ts b/ionic/components/modal/modal.ts
index 9603777c1b..6d6a98f1e7 100644
--- a/ionic/components/modal/modal.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/modal/modal.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {Transition, TransitionOptions} from '../../transitions/transition';
  * on the root nav controller.
  *
  * Data can be passed to a new modal through `Modal.create()` as the second
- * argument. The data can gen be accessed from the opened page by injecting
+ * argument. The data can then be accessed from the opened page by injecting
  * `NavParams`. Note that the page, which opened as a modal, has no special
  * "modal" logic within it, but uses `NavParams` no differently than a
  * standard page.