diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index c720e9045e..e48eaf8818 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
   `AccountsServer` constructors, so that users can create multiple
   independent instances of the `Accounts` namespace.  #4233
 
+* Create an index for `Meteor.users` on
+  `services.email.verificationTokens.token` (instead of
+  `emails.validationTokens.token`, which never was used for anything).  #4482
+
 ### Minimongo
 
 * The `$push` query modifier now supports a `$position` argument.  #4312
diff --git a/packages/accounts-password/password_server.js b/packages/accounts-password/password_server.js
index 8b8f55b9b0..b47fe5019c 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-password/password_server.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-password/password_server.js
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ Accounts.createUser = function (options, callback) {
 ///
 /// PASSWORD-SPECIFIC INDEXES ON USERS
 ///
-Meteor.users._ensureIndex('emails.validationTokens.token',
+Meteor.users._ensureIndex('services.email.verificationTokens.token',
                           {unique: 1, sparse: 1});
 Meteor.users._ensureIndex('services.password.reset.token',
                           {unique: 1, sparse: 1});