diff --git a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/forms.jade b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/forms.jade
index be16d9ed6c..8522961e6e 100644
--- a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/forms.jade
+++ b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/forms.jade
@@ -557,8 +557,32 @@ figure.image-display
   The form remembers that we entered a name before clicking *New Hero*.
   Replacing the hero object *did not restore the pristine state* of the form controls.
 
-  We have to clear all of the flags imperatively which we can do
-  by calling the form's `reset()` method after calling the `newHero()` method.
+  We have to tell the form to clear all of its flags. But to do that, we need some sort of reference to it:
+code-example(language="html").
+  <form #heroForm="ngForm">
+
+:marked
+  This defines a template reference variable, **`#heroForm`**, and initializes it with the
+  value, "ngForm". The variable `heroForm` will become a reference to the `NgForm` directive
+  that governs the form as a whole.
+
+:marked
+<a id="ngForm"></a>
+.l-sub-section
+  :marked
+    ### The _NgForm_ directive
+    What `NgForm` directive? We didn't add an [NgForm](../api/forms/index/NgForm-directive.html) directive!
+
+    Angular did. Angular creates and attaches an `NgForm` directive to the `<form>` tag automatically.
+
+    The `NgForm` directive supplements the `form` element with additional features.
+    It holds the controls we created for the elements with `ngModel` directive and `name` attribute
+    and monitors their properties including their validity.
+    It also has its own `valid` property which is true only *if every contained
+    control* is valid.
+
+:marked
+  We can use the `heroForm` reference to make the form pristine again:
 +makeExample('forms/ts/app/hero-form.component.html',
   'new-hero-button-form-reset',
   'app/hero-form.component.html (Reset the form)')
@@ -579,25 +603,6 @@ figure.image-display
   to the `HeroFormComponent.submit()` method:
 +makeExample('forms/ts/app/hero-form.component.html', 'ngSubmit')(format=".")
 
-:marked
-  We slipped in something extra there at the end!  We defined a
-  template reference variable, **`#heroForm`**, and initialized it with the value, "ngForm".
-
-  The variable `heroForm` is now a reference to the `NgForm` directive that governs the form as a whole.
-<a id="ngForm"></a>
-.l-sub-section
-  :marked
-    ### The _NgForm_ directive
-    What `NgForm` directive? We didn't add an [NgForm](../api/forms/index/NgForm-directive.html) directive!
-
-    Angular did. Angular creates and attaches an `NgForm` directive to the `<form>` tag automatically.
-
-    The `NgForm` directive supplements the `form` element with additional features.
-    It holds the controls we created for the elements with `ngModel` directive and `name` attribute
-    and monitors their properties including their validity.
-    It also has its own `valid` property which is true only *if every contained
-    control* is valid.
-
 :marked
   Later in the template we bind the button's `disabled` property to the form's over-all validity via
   the `heroForm` variable. Here's that bit of markup: