diff --git a/source/reference/system-collections.txt b/source/reference/system-collections.txt
index 1865d279fd4..79ace67381d 100644
--- a/source/reference/system-collections.txt
+++ b/source/reference/system-collections.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ each database:
 
       Starting in MongoDB 4.2, ``<database>.system.indexes`` has been
       removed (access to the collection has been deprecated since 3.0).
-      To list the inndexes, use the :dbcommand:`listIndexes` command
+      To list the indexes, use the :dbcommand:`listIndexes` command
       instead.
 
 .. data:: <database>.system.profile