diff --git a/source/reference/operator/query/maxDistance.txt b/source/reference/operator/query/maxDistance.txt
index dfbfea847cd..8839e8abddc 100644
--- a/source/reference/operator/query/maxDistance.txt
+++ b/source/reference/operator/query/maxDistance.txt
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ Example
 -------
 
 The following example query returns documents with location values that
-are ``10`` or fewer units from the point ``[ 100 , 100 ]``.
+are ``10`` or fewer units from the point ``[ -74 , 40 ]``.
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
    db.places.find( {
-      loc: { $near: [ 100 , 100 ],  $maxDistance: 10 }
+      loc: { $near: [ -74 , 40 ],  $maxDistance: 10 }
    } )
 
-MongoDB orders the results by their distance from ``[ 100 , 100 ]``.
+MongoDB orders the results by their distance from ``[ -74 , 40 ]``.
 The operation returns the first 100 results, unless you modify the
 query with the :method:`cursor.limit()` method.