diff --git a/source/tutorial/roll-back-to-v1.8-index.txt b/source/tutorial/roll-back-to-v1.8-index.txt
index d084a3f553b..e4714894a5f 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/roll-back-to-v1.8-index.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/roll-back-to-v1.8-index.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ format. If you need to roll back MongoDB to a version prior to 2.0,
 you must *drop* and *re-create* your indexes.
 
 To build pre-2.0 indexes, use the :method:`dropIndexes()
-<db.collection.dropIndexes()>` and :method:.createIndex()
+<db.collection.dropIndexes()>` and :method:`createIndex()
 <db.collection.createIndex()>` methods. You *cannot* simply reindex
 the collection. When you reindex on versions that only support
 ``{v:0}`` indexes, the ``v`` fields in the index definition still hold