diff --git a/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt b/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
index dddacf0baf9..94b5d8fe555 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/db.collection.update.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ db.collection.update()
 
    .. code-block:: javascript
 
-      db.collection.update(query, update, <upsert,> <multi>)
+      db.collection.update(query, update, <upsert>, <multi>)
 
    The :method:`update() <db.collection.update()>` method takes the following
    parameters: