diff --git a/pymongo/collection.py b/pymongo/collection.py
index 049d87d1e..77a1b2278 100644
--- a/pymongo/collection.py
+++ b/pymongo/collection.py
@@ -1179,7 +1179,8 @@ class Collection(common.BaseObject):
         """Drops the specified index on this collection.
 
         Can be used on non-existant collections or collections with no
-        indexes.  Raises OperationFailure on an error. `index_or_name`
+        indexes.  Raises OperationFailure on an error (e.g. trying to
+        drop an index that does not exist). `index_or_name`
         can be either an index name (as returned by `create_index`),
         or an index specifier (as passed to `create_index`). An index
         specifier should be a list of (key, direction) pairs. Raises