diff --git a/aio/content/guide/router.md b/aio/content/guide/router.md
index 26e4e89b768..92d97bf9528 100644
--- a/aio/content/guide/router.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/router.md
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ The following route guards are available in Angular:
 
 To use route guards, consider using [component-less routes](api/router/Route#componentless-routes) as this facilitates guarding child routes.
 
-Create a service for your guard:
+Create a file for your guard:
 
 <code-example format="shell" language="shell">
 
@@ -357,28 +357,24 @@ ng generate guard your-guard
 
 </code-example>
 
-In your guard function, implement the guard you want to use.
-The following example uses `canActivate` to guard the route.
+In your guard file, add the guard functions you want to use.
+The following example uses `canActivateFn` to guard the route.
 
 <code-example header="guard (excerpt)">
 
-export const yourGuard: CanActivateFn = (
+export const yourGuardFunction: CanActivateFn = (
     next: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
     state: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
       // your  logic goes here
   }
-
 </code-example>
-
 In your routing module, use the appropriate property in your `routes` configuration.
 Here, `canActivate` tells the router to mediate navigation to this particular route.
-
 <code-example header="Routing module (excerpt)">
-
 {
   path: '/your-path',
   component: YourComponent,
-  canActivate: [yourGuard],
+  canActivate: [yourGuardFunction],
 }
 
 </code-example>