diff --git a/source/includes/steps-create-admin-then-enable-authentication.yaml b/source/includes/steps-create-admin-then-enable-authentication.yaml
index d4913b92634..4f2c673abcf 100644
--- a/source/includes/steps-create-admin-then-enable-authentication.yaml
+++ b/source/includes/steps-create-admin-then-enable-authentication.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ action:
   - pre: |
       Either connect a new :program:`mongo` shell to the MongoDB
       instance with the ``-u <username>``, ``-p <password>``, and
-      the ``--authenticationDatabse <database>``:
+      the ``--authenticationDatabase <database>``:
     language: sh
     code: |
       mongo --port 27017 -u "myUserAdmin" -p "abc123" --authenticationDatabase "admin"