diff --git a/src/Lucene.Net.Misc/Misc/TermStats.cs b/src/Lucene.Net.Misc/Misc/TermStats.cs
index f057ba89e9..7ac5fbc918 100644
--- a/src/Lucene.Net.Misc/Misc/TermStats.cs
+++ b/src/Lucene.Net.Misc/Misc/TermStats.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Lucene.Net.Misc
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class TermStats
     {
-        public readonly BytesRef TermText;
+        public BytesRef TermText { get; private set; }
         public string Field { get; set; }
         public int DocFreq { get; set; }
         public long TotalTermFreq { get; set; }