diff --git a/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc
index b600f4d97738..2ddc0fcd63ad 100644
--- a/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ api/ng.$rootScope.Scope#$digest digest} cycle. An example of interpolation is sh
 here:
 
 <pre>
-<img src="https://github.com/img/%7B%7Busername%7D%7D.jpg">Hello {{username}}!</img>
+<a href="https://github.com/img/%7B%7Busername%7D%7D.jpg">Hello {{username}}!</a>
 </pre>
 
 # Compilation process, and directive matching