diff --git a/ionic/components/input/input-base.ts b/ionic/components/input/input-base.ts
index 96a94dda7c..9c7aa05ffd 100644
--- a/ionic/components/input/input-base.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/input/input-base.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export class InputBase {
 
   /**
    * @private
-   * Angular2 Forms API method called by the the view (NgControl) to register
+   * Angular2 Forms API method called by the view (NgControl) to register
    * the onTouched event handler that marks model (Control) as touched.
    * @param {Function} fn  onTouched event handler.
    */