diff --git a/source/administration/replica-sets.txt b/source/administration/replica-sets.txt
index 3ae73453320..86dfc2b0a8c 100644
--- a/source/administration/replica-sets.txt
+++ b/source/administration/replica-sets.txt
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Arbiters
 
 Arbiters are special :program:`mongod` instances that do not hold a
 copy of the data and thus cannot become primary. Arbiters exist solely
-participate in :ref:`elections <replica-set-elections>`.
+to participate in :ref:`elections <replica-set-elections>`.
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/source/reference/database-statistics.txt b/source/reference/database-statistics.txt
index 090bcf8a3cd..8d4b29f4a89 100644
--- a/source/reference/database-statistics.txt
+++ b/source/reference/database-statistics.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ Fields
 
 .. data:: dbStats.avgObjSize
 
-   The average size of each object. The ``scale`` argument affects
-   this value. This is the :data:`~dbStats.dataSize` divided by the number of
-   objects.
+   The average size of each object in bytes. This is the :data:`~dbStats.dataSize`  
+   divided by the number of objects.
 
 .. data:: dbStats.dataSize