diff --git a/source/reference/connection-string.txt b/source/reference/connection-string.txt
index cccb433593e..5bd333bf678 100644
--- a/source/reference/connection-string.txt
+++ b/source/reference/connection-string.txt
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ Authentication Options
    * - .. urioption:: authSource
 
      - Specify the database name associated with the user's
-       credentials, if the users collection do not exist in the
-       database where the client is connecting. :urioption:`authSource`
+       credentials, if the ``users`` collection does not exist in the
+       database to which the client is connecting. :urioption:`authSource`
        defaults to the database specified in the connection string.
 
        For authentication mechanisms that delegate credential storage
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Authentication Options
        (Kerberos) authentication mechanisms.
 
        MongoDB will ignore :urioption:`authSource` values if the
-       connection string specifies no user name.
+       connection string specifies no username.
 
    * - .. urioption:: authMechanism