diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocommandcursor/batchsize.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocommandcursor/batchsize.xml
index b29065b184..86bfeacbb3 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocommandcursor/batchsize.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocommandcursor/batchsize.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <para>
    A cursor typically fetches a batch of result objects and store them
    locally. This method sets the batchSize value to configure the amount of
-   documents retrieved from the server in one data packet.
+   documents retrieved from the server in one round trip.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/reference/mongo/mongocursor/batchsize.xml b/reference/mongo/mongocursor/batchsize.xml
index 8bfb6bbccf..d4be5dd318 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/mongocursor/batchsize.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/mongocursor/batchsize.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <para>
    A cursor typically fetches a batch of result objects and store them
    locally. This method sets the batchSize value to configure the amount of
-   documents retrieved from the server in one data packet. However, it will
+   documents retrieved from the server in one round trip. However, it will
    never return more documents than fit in the max batch size limit (usually
    4MB).  
   </para>