diff --git a/source/core/read-operations-introduction.txt b/source/core/read-operations-introduction.txt
index 8b9d23da5dd..99fd10a7afe 100644
--- a/source/core/read-operations-introduction.txt
+++ b/source/core/read-operations-introduction.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ over the network.
 Query Interface
 ---------------
 
-For query operations, MongoDB provide a :method:`db.collection.find()`
+For query operations, MongoDB provides a :method:`db.collection.find()`
 method. The method accepts both the query criteria and projections and
 returns a :doc:`cursor </core/cursors>` to the matching documents. You
 can optionally modify the query to impose limits, skips, and sort