diff --git a/src/material-examples/checkbox-configurable/checkbox-configurable-example.html b/src/material-examples/checkbox-configurable/checkbox-configurable-example.html
index 5876c05c6c4..7b8fb4c2290 100644
--- a/src/material-examples/checkbox-configurable/checkbox-configurable-example.html
+++ b/src/material-examples/checkbox-configurable/checkbox-configurable-example.html
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     <section class="example-section">
       <md-checkbox
           class="example-margin"
-          [checked]="checked"
-          [indeterminate]="indeterminate"
+          [(ngModel)]="checked"
+          [(indeterminate)]="indeterminate"
           [align]="align"
           [disabled]="disabled">
         I'm a checkbox