diff --git a/source/retryable-reads/tests/README.rst b/source/retryable-reads/tests/README.rst
index 71dd9b3680..109930c2cb 100644
--- a/source/retryable-reads/tests/README.rst
+++ b/source/retryable-reads/tests/README.rst
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ mongos instances.
    test against.
 
 2. Create a client per mongos using the direct connection, and configure fail
-   points on each of the picked mongos-es, so that each mongos raises
+   points on each of the picked mongoses, so that each mongos raises
    a retryable error once.
 
 3. Create a client with ``retryReads=true`` that connects to the cluster,