diff --git a/source/reference/method/db.createUser.txt b/source/reference/method/db.createUser.txt
index df86c9a535f..d14c8f7f23c 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/db.createUser.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/db.createUser.txt
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ sharded clusters, such as to the balancer setting.
         pwd: "password",
         roles:
           [
-            "clusterAdmin",
-            { db: "config", role: "readWrite" }
+            { role: "readWrite", db: "config" },
+            "clusterAdmin"
           ]
       }
    )