@@ -32,28 +32,27 @@ class TextAttributeNotBindingSpec extends
     if (!(node instanceof TmplAstTextAttribute)) return [];
 
     const name = node.name;
-    if ((!name.startsWith('attr.') && !name.startsWith('style.') && !name.startsWith('class.')) ||
-        !node.value) {
+    if ((!name.startsWith('attr.') && !name.startsWith('style.') && !name.startsWith('class.'))) {
       return [];
     }
 
-    const boundSyntax = node.sourceSpan.toString();
     let errorString: string;
     if (name.startsWith('attr.')) {
       const staticAttr = name.replace('attr.', '');
-      errorString = `Static attributes should be written without the 'attr.' prefix: ${
-          staticAttr}="${node.value}".`;
-
+      errorString = `Static attributes should be written without the 'attr.' prefix.`;
+      if (node.value) {
+        errorString += ` For example, ${staticAttr}="${node.value}".`;
+      }
     } else {
       const expectedKey = `[${name}]`;
       const expectedValue =
           // true/false are special cases because we don't want to convert them to strings but
           // rather maintain the logical true/false when bound.
           (node.value === 'true' || node.value === 'false') ? node.value : `'${node.value}'`;
-      errorString = boundSyntax.replace(
-          name,
-          `Attribute, style, and class bindings should be enclosed with square braces: '${
-              expectedKey}="${expectedValue}"'.`);
+      errorString = 'Attribute, style, and class bindings should be enclosed with square braces.';
+      if (node.value) {
+        errorString += ` For example, '${expectedKey}="${expectedValue}"'.`;
+      }
     }
     const diagnostic = ctx.makeTemplateDiagnostic(node.sourceSpan, errorString);
     return [diagnostic];
 
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
           templateTypeChecker, program.getTypeChecker(), [textAttributeNotBindingFactory],
           {} /* options */);
       const diags = extendedTemplateChecker.getDiagnosticsForComponent(component);
-      expect(diags.length).toBe(0);
+      expect(diags.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(diags[0].code).toBe(ngErrorCode(ErrorCode.TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_BINDING));
+      expect(getSourceCodeForDiagnostic(diags[0])).toBe(`attr.readonly`);
     });
   });
 });