diff --git a/source/includes/apiargs-method-db.collection.watch-param.yaml b/source/includes/apiargs-method-db.collection.watch-param.yaml
index eee4bcdcc34..32419065684 100644
--- a/source/includes/apiargs-method-db.collection.watch-param.yaml
+++ b/source/includes/apiargs-method-db.collection.watch-param.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ description: |
   Additional options that modify the behavior of
   :method:`~db.collection.watch()`.
 
-  You must pass an empty array ``[]`` to the ``pipeline``
-  parameter if you are not specifying a pipeline but are
-  are passing the ``options`` document.
+  You must pass an empty array ``[]`` to the ``pipeline`` parameter if
+  you are not specifying a pipeline but are passing the ``options``
+  document.
 
 interface: method
 name: options