diff --git a/source/tutorial/create-a-unique-index.txt b/source/tutorial/create-a-unique-index.txt
index ab5de517dd4..0f20c360445 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/create-a-unique-index.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/create-a-unique-index.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MongoDB allows you to specify a :ref:`unique constraint
 applications from inserting :term:`documents <document>` that have
 duplicate values for the inserted fields. Additionally, if you want to
 create an index on a collection that has existing data that might have
-duplicate values for the indexed field, you may chose combine unique
+duplicate values for the indexed field, you may choose to combine unique
 enforcement with :ref:`duplicate dropping
 <index-creation-duplicate-dropping>`.