diff --git a/angular-protractor/angular-protractor-tests.ts b/angular-protractor/angular-protractor-tests.ts
index 2c8e72f07d..2ed627af84 100644
--- a/angular-protractor/angular-protractor-tests.ts
+++ b/angular-protractor/angular-protractor-tests.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function TestProtractor() {
 
     var webElement: webdriver.WebElement = ptor.wrapWebElement(new webdriver.WebElement(driver, 'id'));
 
-    var locationAbsUrl: string = ptor.getLocationAbsUrl();
+    var locationAbsUrl: webdriver.promise.Promise = ptor.getLocationAbsUrl();
 }
 
 function TestElement() {
@@ -239,4 +239,4 @@ function TestWebElements() {
     webElement = webElement.findElement(by.id('id')).$('.class');
     promise = webElement.findElement(by.id('id')).$$('.class');
     promise = webElement.findElement(by.id('id')).evaluate('something');
-}
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+}
diff --git a/angular-protractor/angular-protractor.d.ts b/angular-protractor/angular-protractor.d.ts
index 951ba85de9..a78fc42f36 100644
--- a/angular-protractor/angular-protractor.d.ts
+++ b/angular-protractor/angular-protractor.d.ts
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ declare module protractor {
         /**
          * Returns the current absolute url from AngularJS.
          */
-        getLocationAbsUrl(): string;
+        getLocationAbsUrl(): webdriver.promise.Promise;
 
         /**
          * Pauses the test and injects some helper functions into the browser, so that
@@ -865,4 +865,4 @@ declare var element: protractor.Element;
 
 declare module 'protractor' {
     export = protractor;
-}
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+}