diff --git a/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt b/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt
index 2c9e48058cc..23e4d782c5c 100644
--- a/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt
+++ b/source/applications/geospatial-indexes.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MongoDB offers two surface types:
 
   Store your location data as GeoJSON objects with this coordinate-axis
   order: **longitude, latitude**. The coordinate reference system for
-  GeoJSON is the :term:`WGS84` datum.
+  GeoJSON uses the :term:`WGS84` datum.
 
 - **Flat**