diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocollection.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocollection.xml
index f7622a25d0..2ee031ddbe 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocollection.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocollection.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <section xml:id="mongocollection.intro">
    &reftitle.intro;
    <para>
-    Represents a database collection.
+    Represents a MongoDB collection.
    </para>
    <para>
     Collection names can use any character in the ASCII set.  Some valid 
diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml
index badb5c1113..0c8f142707 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/find.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <refentry xml:id="mongocollection.find" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>MongoCollection::find</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Querys this collection, returning a <classname>MongoCursor</classname>
+  <refpurpose>Queries this collection, returning a <classname>MongoCursor</classname>
   for the result set</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/findone.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/findone.xml
index 24b7a815ad..8ee8e46bd2 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/findone.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/findone.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <refentry xml:id="mongocollection.findone" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>MongoCollection::findOne</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Querys this collection, returning a single element</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>Queries this collection, returning a single element</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsect1 role="description">