diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index 8ab7b398c..fb8aca864 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export interface AstroConfig {
   markdownOptions?: Partial<AstroMarkdownOptions>;
   /** Options specific to `astro build` */
   buildOptions: {
-    /** should draft documents be ignored **/
-    draft: boolean;
+    /** Generate pages from draft documents (set to "true" to enable) **/
+    draft?: boolean;
     /** Your public domain, e.g.: https://my-site.dev/. Used to generate sitemaps and canonical URLs. */
     site?: string;
     /** Generate sitemap (set to "false" to disable) */