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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions source/reference/connection-string.txt
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Expand Up @@ -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
Expand All @@ -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

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