diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc
index d36850219..ca674aa51 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ You can also provide the host and port for the underlying `com.mongodb.Mongo` in
                   password="secret"/>
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-If your mongodb authentication database differs from the target database, use the authentication-dbname attribute, as shown below.
+If your MongoDB authentication database differs from the target database, use the `authentication-dbname` attribute, as shown below.
 
 [source,xml]
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@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ If your mongodb authentication database differs from the target database, use th
                   dbname="database"
                   username="joe"
                   password="secret"
-				  authentication-dbname="admin"
-				  />
+                  authentication-dbname="admin"
+                  />
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 If you need to configure additional options on the `com.mongodb.Mongo` instance that is used to create a `SimpleMongoDbFactory` you can refer to an existing bean using the `mongo-ref` attribute as shown below. To show another common usage pattern, this listing shows the use of a property placeholder to parametrise the configuration and creating `MongoTemplate`.