diff --git a/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py b/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py
index 7d7ae4a5db..8193e53282 100644
--- a/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/asynchronous/cursor.py
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ async def to_list(self, length: Optional[int] = None) -> list[_DocumentType]:
 
           >>> await cursor.to_list()
 
-        Or, so read at most n items from the cursor::
+        Or, to read at most n items from the cursor::
 
           >>> await cursor.to_list(n)
 
diff --git a/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py b/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py
index 9a7637704f..b35098a327 100644
--- a/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/synchronous/cursor.py
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ def to_list(self, length: Optional[int] = None) -> list[_DocumentType]:
 
           >>> cursor.to_list()
 
-        Or, so read at most n items from the cursor::
+        Or, to read at most n items from the cursor::
 
           >>> cursor.to_list(n)