diff --git a/source/core/sharding-shard-key.txt b/source/core/sharding-shard-key.txt
index 64928f2346e..1c117e726e5 100644
--- a/source/core/sharding-shard-key.txt
+++ b/source/core/sharding-shard-key.txt
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ queries can be long running operations.
 If your query includes the first component of a compound shard
 key [#shard-key-index]_, the :program:`mongos` can route the
 query directly to a single shard, or a small number of shards, which
-provides better performance. Even if you query values of the shard
-key reside in different chunks, the :program:`mongos` will route
+provides better performance. Even if your query uses shard
+keys residing in different chunks, the :program:`mongos` will route
 queries directly to specific shards.
 
 To select a shard key for a collection: