diff --git a/source/tutorial/deploy-sharded-cluster-hashed-sharding.txt b/source/tutorial/deploy-sharded-cluster-hashed-sharding.txt
index 8dd7310b6ac..8959f9a0797 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/deploy-sharded-cluster-hashed-sharding.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/deploy-sharded-cluster-hashed-sharding.txt
@@ -179,4 +179,4 @@ The following operation shards the target collection using the
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
-   sh.shardCollection("<database>.<collection>", { <key> : <direction> } )
+   sh.shardCollection("<database>.<collection>", { <key> : "hashed" } )