diff --git a/source/reference/config-database.txt b/source/reference/config-database.txt
index c9d5f50d299..3b7a6b6846e 100644
--- a/source/reference/config-database.txt
+++ b/source/reference/config-database.txt
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Collections
       .. code-block:: javascript
 
          {
-          "_id" : "d.local-2012-12-11T14:09:21-0",
-          "server" : "<hostanme>:<port>",
+          "_id" : "hostname-2012-12-11T14:09:21-0",
+          "server" : "<hostname>:<port>",
           "clientAddr" : "127.0.0.1:63381",
           "time" : ISODate("2012-12-11T14:09:21.039Z"),
           "what" : "split",
@@ -88,18 +88,15 @@ Collections
    Each document in the :data:`changelog` collection contains the
    following fields:
 
-   .. What? commenting out because the description isn't clear and it
-      doesn't appear in the example above.
+   .. data:: changelog._id
 
-      .. data:: changelog.changeID
-
-         hostname-time-increment
+         hostname-ISO-8601-time-increment
 
    .. data:: changelog.server
 
       The hostname of the server that holds this data.
 
-      .. FACTCHECK above.
+      .. FACTCHECK above. -verified-
 
    .. data:: changelog.clientAddr