diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/aggregate.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/aggregate.xml
index 1dcd0cfcbc..9919e52134 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocollection/aggregate.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocollection/aggregate.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <term><parameter>pipelines</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      An array of <parameter>>pipeline</parameter>s, or just the first part.
+      An array of <parameter>pipeline</parameter>s, or just the first part.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
 <?php
 $m = new Mongo;
 $c = $m->selectDB("examples")->selectCollection("article");
-$c->drop();
 $data = array (
     'title' => 'this is my title',
     'author' => 'bob',