diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml
index 13fa376503..5f8aff2cfd 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       </para>
       <warning>
        <para>
-        Please make sure that for all special query operaters (starting with
+        Please make sure that for all special query operators (starting with
         <literal>$</literal>) you use single quotes so that PHP doesn't try to
         replace <literal>"$exists"</literal> with the value of the variable
         <literal>$exists</literal>.