diff --git a/source/reference/replica-configuration.txt b/source/reference/replica-configuration.txt
index 947cb78e797..81c5f9c1c01 100644
--- a/source/reference/replica-configuration.txt
+++ b/source/reference/replica-configuration.txt
@@ -660,5 +660,5 @@ the following operation, to ensure that a write operation propagates
 to at least one instance with an SSD.
 
 .. [#read-and-write-tags] Since read preferences and write concerns
-   use the value of fields in tag sets differently, for larger
+   use the value of fields in tag sets differently, larger
    deployments will have some redundancy.