diff --git a/aio/content/guide/deprecations.md b/aio/content/guide/deprecations.md
index 645c4795f07..852e2891176 100644
--- a/aio/content/guide/deprecations.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/deprecations.md
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Now deprecated:
 this.value = 'some value';
 ```
 
-This has been deprecated for several reasons. First, developers have found this pattern
+This support was deprecated for several reasons. First, developers found this pattern
 confusing. It seems like the actual `ngModel` directive is being used, but in fact it's
 an input/output property named `ngModel` on the reactive form directive that
 approximates some, but not all, of the directive's behavior.