diff --git a/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt b/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
index ba9b198f229..1719cd4f2fb 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ db.collection.update()
 
    Before version 2.0, in the :program:`mongo` shell, ``upsert`` and
    ``multi`` were positional boolean options. Since version 2.2, the
-   :method:`update() <db.collection.update()>` method can *also*take an
+   :method:`update() <db.collection.update()>` method can *also* take an
    ``options`` :term:`document` as a parameter to specify the
-   ``multi`` and the ``upsert`` options
+   ``multi`` and the ``upsert`` options.
       
    The :method:`update() <db.collection.update()>` method takes the following
    parameters: