diff --git a/source/core/2dsphere.txt b/source/core/2dsphere.txt index 9409c8c9dbf..7b6cc2c549e 100644 --- a/source/core/2dsphere.txt +++ b/source/core/2dsphere.txt @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ documents. You can arrange the fields in any order. The default datum for an earth-like sphere in MongoDB 2.4 is :term:`WGS84`. Coordinate-axis order is **longitude, latitude**. -.. important:: You cannot use a ``2d`` index as a shard key when +.. important:: You cannot use a ``2dsphere`` index as a shard key when sharding a collection. However, you can create and maintain a geospatial index on a sharded collection by using a different field as the shard key.