diff --git a/docs/content/guide/controller.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/controller.ngdoc
index f4df3fb9fa64..efbcad8df47a 100644
--- a/docs/content/guide/controller.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/guide/controller.ngdoc
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ scopes being created for our view:
 
 - The root scope
 - The `MainController` scope, which contains `timeOfDay` and `name` properties
-- The `ChildController` scope, which inherits the `timeOfDay` property but overrides (hides) the `name`
-property from the previous
-- The `GrandChildController` scope, which overrides (hides) both the `timeOfDay` property defined in `MainController`
+- The `ChildController` scope, which inherits the `timeOfDay` property but overrides the `name`
+property from the previous scope
+- The `GrandChildController` scope, which overrides both the `timeOfDay` property defined in `MainController`
 and the `name` property defined in `ChildController`
 
 Inheritance works with methods in the same way as it does with properties. So in our previous