diff --git a/source/reference/operator/query/nearSphere.txt b/source/reference/operator/query/nearSphere.txt
index df00c36e874..7ca6c693912 100644
--- a/source/reference/operator/query/nearSphere.txt
+++ b/source/reference/operator/query/nearSphere.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $nearSphere
    The :query:`$nearSphere` operator requires a geospatial
    index. The ``2dsphere`` and ``2d`` indexes both support
    :query:`$nearSphere` with both legacy coordinate pairs and
-   GeoJSON points. Queries that use a ``2d`` index return a at most
+   GeoJSON points. Queries that use a ``2d`` index return at most
    100 documents.
 
    .. important:: If you use longitude and latitude, specify **longitude first**.