diff --git a/source/reference/method/db.collection.ensureIndex.txt b/source/reference/method/db.collection.ensureIndex.txt
index fdd27f7c93c..55b91598cd8 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/db.collection.ensureIndex.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/db.collection.ensureIndex.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ db.collection.ensureIndex()
 
       * - :option:`v`
         - index version
-        - 1
+        - The default index version depends on the version of
+          :program:`mongod` running when creating the index. Before version
+          2.0, the this value was 0; versions 2.0 and later use version 1.
         - All
 
       * - :option:`weights`
@@ -236,10 +238,6 @@ db.collection.ensureIndex()
    - Non-background indexing operations will block all other
      operations on a database.
 
-   .. [#] The default index version depends on the version of
-      :program:`mongod` running when creating the index. Before version
-      2.0, the this value was 0; versions 2.0 and later use version 1.
-
    .. seealso::
 
       In addition to the ascending/descending indexes, MongoDB provides