diff --git a/source/reference/command/enableSharding.txt b/source/reference/command/enableSharding.txt
index dd72f315384..1fe002d0bbd 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/enableSharding.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/enableSharding.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ enableSharding
 
    .. code-block:: javascript
 
-      { enableSharding: 1 }
+      { enableSharding: "<database name>" }
 
    Once you've enabled sharding in a database, you can use the :dbcommand:`shardCollection`
    command to begin the process of distributing data among the shards.