diff --git a/source/release-notes/2.0.txt b/source/release-notes/2.0.txt
index 7156aa2888c..eb2b8a13a5e 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/2.0.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/2.0.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ workflows that relied on the previous behavior. For more information see
 If you still prefer to run without journaling, start :program:`mongod`
 with the :option:`--nojournal <mongod --nojournal>` run-time option.
 Otherwise, MongoDB creates journal files during startup. The first time you start :program:`mongod` with
-journaling, you will see a delay the :program:`mongod` creates new files.
+journaling, you will see a delay as :program:`mongod` creates new files.
 In addition, you may see reduced write throughput.
 
 2.0 :program:`mongod` instances are interoperable with 1.8