diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/src/polyfills.ts.template b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/src/polyfills.ts.template
index aa665d6b8740..03711e5d92cb 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/src/polyfills.ts.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/src/polyfills.ts.template
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * will put import in the top of bundle, so user need to create a separate file
  * in this directory (for example: zone-flags.ts), and put the following flags
  * into that file, and then add the following code before importing zone.js.
- * import './zone-flags.ts';
+ * import './zone-flags';
  *
  * The flags allowed in zone-flags.ts are listed here.
  *