diff --git a/source/faq/concurrency.txt b/source/faq/concurrency.txt
index 5ff2118b9b1..a0de591aa9e 100644
--- a/source/faq/concurrency.txt
+++ b/source/faq/concurrency.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ while :program:`mongod` loads documents into memory.
 Additionally, write operations that affect multiple documents
 (i.e. :method:`~db.collection.update()` with the ``multi``
 parameter,) will yield periodically to allow read operations during
-these log write operations. Similarly, long running read locks will
+these long write operations. Similarly, long running read locks will
 yield periodically to ensure that write operations have the
 opportunity to complete.