diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java
index 426e393d8c..1d01c877b9 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public boolean hasAnnotatedReadPreference() {
 	/**
 	 * Get the {@link com.mongodb.ReadPreference} extracted from the {@link ReadPreference} annotation.
 	 *
-	 * @return the name of the {@link ReadPreference()}.
+	 * @return the name of the {@link ReadPreference}.
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if method not annotated with {@link Query}. Make sure to check
 	 *           {@link #hasAnnotatedReadPreference()} first.
 	 * @since 4.2