diff --git a/source/reference/glossary.txt b/source/reference/glossary.txt
index e7a1ae30193..9c2bd11b0a1 100644
--- a/source/reference/glossary.txt
+++ b/source/reference/glossary.txt
@@ -208,9 +208,11 @@ Glossary
 
    cursor
       A pointer to the result set of a :term:`query`. Clients can
-      iterate through a cursor to retrieve results. By default, cursors
-      timeout after 10 minutes of inactivity. See
-      :ref:`read-operations-cursors`.
+      iterate through a cursor to retrieve results. By default, cursors 
+      not opened within a session automatically timeout after 10 
+      minutes of inactivity. Cursors opened under a session close with 
+      the end or timeout of the session. 
+      See :ref:`read-operations-cursors`.
 
    daemon
       The conventional name for a background, non-interactive
diff --git a/source/tutorial/iterate-a-cursor.txt b/source/tutorial/iterate-a-cursor.txt
index 666bec9deb8..c7420252402 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/iterate-a-cursor.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/iterate-a-cursor.txt
@@ -118,13 +118,26 @@ The ``myCursor[1]`` is equivalent to the following example:
 Cursor Behaviors
 ----------------
 
-Closure of Inactive Cursors
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Cursors Opened Within a Session
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-By default, the server will automatically close the cursor after 10
-minutes of inactivity, or if client has exhausted the cursor. To
-override this behavior in the :binary:`~bin.mongo` shell, you can use
-the :method:`cursor.noCursorTimeout()` method:
+Starting in MongoDB 4.4.8, cursors created within a 
+:doc:`client session </core/read-isolation-consistency-recency>` close 
+when the corresponding :doc:`server session </reference/server-sessions>` 
+ends with the :dbcommand:`killSessions` command, if the session times 
+out, or if the client has exhausted the cursor. 
+
+By default, server sessions have an expiration timeout of 30 minutes. To 
+change the value, set the :parameter:`localLogicalSessionTimeoutMinutes`
+parameter when starting up :binary:`~bin.mongod`.
+
+Cursors Opened Outside of a Session
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Cursors that aren't opened under a session automatically close after 10 
+minutes of inactivity, or if client has exhausted the cursor. To 
+override this behavior in :binary:`~bin.mongosh`, you can use the 
+:method:`cursor.noCursorTimeout()` method:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
@@ -135,6 +148,7 @@ manually with :method:`cursor.close()` or by exhausting the cursor's results.
 
 See your :driver:`driver </>` documentation for
 information on setting the ``noCursorTimeout`` option.
+ 
 
 .. _cursor-isolation: