diff --git a/source/reference/command/compact.txt b/source/reference/command/compact.txt
index 6f7fb7b1f16..1f2139827cf 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/compact.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/compact.txt
@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ is workload dependent and no disk space may be recovered. This command is useful
 if you have removed a large amount of data from the collection, and do not plan
 to replace it.
 
-:dbcommand:`compact` does not require any additional disk space to run
-on WiredTiger databases.
+:dbcommand:`compact` may require additional disk space to run on WiredTiger databases.
 
 MMAPv1
 ``````