diff --git a/source/core/replication.txt b/source/core/replication.txt
index 2012dc524a4..3915ce79dd3 100644
--- a/source/core/replication.txt
+++ b/source/core/replication.txt
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ that might create rollbacks.
       [replica set sync] replSet syncThread: 13410 replSet too much data to roll back
 
    In these situations you will need to manually intervene to either
-   save data manually, or resync from a "current" member of the set by
-   deleting the content of the existing:setting:`dbpath` directory to
+   save data, or resync from a "current" member of the set by
+   deleting the content of the existing :setting:`dbpath` directory to
    resume normal operation.
 
 For more information on failover, see: