diff --git a/source/core/read-operations.txt b/source/core/read-operations.txt
index 01a4e2c9d2f..682d58db91f 100644
--- a/source/core/read-operations.txt
+++ b/source/core/read-operations.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Read Operations
 .. default-domain:: mongodb
 
 Read operations include all operations that return a cursor in
-response to application request data (i.e. *queries*,) and also
+response to application data requests (i.e. *queries*,) and also
 include a number of :doc:`aggregation </aggregation>` operations that
 do not return a cursor but have similar properties as queries. These
 commands include :dbcommand:`aggregate`, :dbcommand:`count`, and