diff --git a/source/reference/operator/aggregation/not.txt b/source/reference/operator/aggregation/not.txt
index 9bb9aed5d6d..6d62b96872d 100644
--- a/source/reference/operator/aggregation/not.txt
+++ b/source/reference/operator/aggregation/not.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Consider an ``inventory`` collection with the following documents:
    { "_id" : 5, "item" : "VWZ2", description: "product 5", qty: 180 }
 
 The following operation uses the :expression:`$or` operator to
-determine if ``qty`` is greater than 250 *or* less than ``200``:
+determine if ``qty`` is not greater than ``250``:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript