diff --git a/source/reference/database-references.txt b/source/reference/database-references.txt
index e4fcb6a7f0f..57bb7dbdf47 100644
--- a/source/reference/database-references.txt
+++ b/source/reference/database-references.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ or databases.
    :pipeline:`$graphLookup`.
 
 This page outlines alternative procedures that predate the
-:pipeline:`$lookup` and:pipeline:`$graphLookup` pipeline stages.
+:pipeline:`$lookup` and :pipeline:`$graphLookup` pipeline stages.
 
 MongoDB applications use one of two methods for relating documents: