diff --git a/source/reference/object-id.txt b/source/reference/object-id.txt
index 1889180ddd1..4a24437e4b0 100644
--- a/source/reference/object-id.txt
+++ b/source/reference/object-id.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ uses ObjectIds as the default value for the ``_id`` field if the
 ``_id`` field is not specified; i.e., the :program:`mongod` adds the
 ``_id`` field and generates a unique ObjectId to assign as its value.
 
-Using ObjectIds for the ``_id`` field, provides the following
+Using ObjectIds for the ``_id`` field provides the following
 additional benefits:
 
 - in the :program:`mongo` shell, you can access the creation time of