diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.spec.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.spec.ts
index 3cb809dc01..f841da4655 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.spec.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('mongo-errors', () => {
         expect(e).to.equal(error);
         expect(e.message).to.contain('not primary and secondaryOk=false');
         expect(e.message).to.contain('db.getMongo().setReadPref()');
-        expect(e.message).to.contain('readPref');
+        expect(e.message).to.contain('readPreference');
       }
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.ts
index 58a71f349e..fb7d306dec 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/mongo-errors.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const ERROR_REPHRASES: MongoErrorRephrase[] = [
   {
     // NotPrimaryNoSecondaryOk (also used for old terminology)
     code: 13435,
-    replacement: 'not primary and secondaryOk=false - consider using db.getMongo().setReadPref() or readPref in the connection string'
+    replacement: 'not primary and secondaryOk=false - consider using db.getMongo().setReadPref() or readPreference in the connection string'
   }
 ];