diff --git a/source/tutorial/create-tailable-cursor.txt b/source/tutorial/create-tailable-cursor.txt
index 3dd8e3be4a6..a9ba0af6dff 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/create-tailable-cursor.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/create-tailable-cursor.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Consider the following behaviors related to tailable cursors:
   - the query returns no match.
 
   - the cursor returns the document at the "end" of the collection and
-    then the application deletes those document.
+    then the application deletes that document.
 
   A *dead* cursor has an id of ``0``.