diff --git a/source/reference/operator/near.txt b/source/reference/operator/near.txt
index 5b25281bebf..25c75a487f9 100644
--- a/source/reference/operator/near.txt
+++ b/source/reference/operator/near.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ $near
 
 .. operator:: $near
 
-   The :operator:`$near` operator takes an argument, coordinates
-   describing a point in the form of ``[x, y]``, and returns a list of
-   objects sorted by distance from those coordinates. See the
-   following example:
+   The :operator:`$near` operator takes an argument, coordinates for a
+   point in the form of ``[x, y]``, and returns a list of objects
+   sorted by distance from nearest to farthest with respect to those
+   coordinates. See the following example:
 
    .. code-block:: javascript