diff --git a/source/core/sharding-introduction.txt b/source/core/sharding-introduction.txt
index f86368f2e03..3cdfebbecdc 100644
--- a/source/core/sharding-introduction.txt
+++ b/source/core/sharding-introduction.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ a single logical database.
 
 .. include:: /images/sharded-collection.rst
 
-Sharding addresses the challenge of scaling to support high throughout
+Sharding addresses the challenge of scaling to support high throughput
 and large data sets:
 
 - Sharding reduces the number of operations each shard handles. Each
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ clusters <sharded cluster>`.
 .. include:: /images/sharded-cluster-production-architecture.rst
 
 Sharded cluster has the following components: :term:`shards <shard>`,
-:term:`query routers <mongos>` and :term:`config servers <config database>`.
+:term:`query routers <mongos>` and :term:`config servers <config server>`.
 
 **Shards** store the data. To provide high availability and data
 consistency, in a production sharded cluster, each shard is a