diff --git a/source/tutorial/getting-started-with-the-mongo-shell.txt b/source/tutorial/getting-started-with-the-mongo-shell.txt
index 007f01bc659..e92f9e7b0ad 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/getting-started-with-the-mongo-shell.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/getting-started-with-the-mongo-shell.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ From the :program:`mongo` shell, you can use the :doc:`shell methods
   :ref:`mongo-shell-help-collection` to list the available collections.
 
   If the :program:`mongo` shell does not accept the name of the
-  collection, for instance if the name contains a space or starts with
+  collection, for instance if the name contains a space, dash or starts with
   a number, you can use an alternate syntax to refer to the
   collection, as in the following: