diff --git a/source/includes/apiargs-dbcommand-createIndexes-indexes-field.yaml b/source/includes/apiargs-dbcommand-createIndexes-indexes-field.yaml
index 3910a374fa5..72ae99f9be1 100644
--- a/source/includes/apiargs-dbcommand-createIndexes-indexes-field.yaml
+++ b/source/includes/apiargs-dbcommand-createIndexes-indexes-field.yaml
@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@ position: 2
 type: string
 ---
 arg_name: field
-description: |
-  The :term:`namespace` (i.e. ``<database>.<collection>``) of the
-  collection for which to create the index. If you omit ``ns``, MongoDB
-  generates the namespace.
-interface: dbcommand
-name: ns
-operation: createIndexes
-optional: true
-position: 3
-type: string
----
-arg_name: field
 interface: dbcommand
 operation: createIndexes
 source: