diff --git a/source/includes/fact-currentop.rst b/source/includes/fact-currentop.rst
index 93644d420d6..6778e6851d0 100644
--- a/source/includes/fact-currentop.rst
+++ b/source/includes/fact-currentop.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Starting in MongoDB 5.0, the :pipeline:`$currentOp` aggregation 
+stage is used when running the helper method :method:`db.currentOp()` 
+via :binary:`~bin.mongosh`.
+
 Because :dbcommand:`currentOp` command and
 :method:`db.currentOp()` helper returns the results in a single
 document, the total size of the :dbcommand:`currentOp` result set
diff --git a/source/release-notes/5.0.txt b/source/release-notes/5.0.txt
index 9c79cb4a55b..e25530bef20 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/5.0.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/5.0.txt
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ shell method) include additional information about the status of ongoing
 resharding operations for the resharding coordinator and the
 donor and recipient shards.
 
+``db.currentOp`` Method Now Uses Aggregation Stage in ``mongosh``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Starting in MongoDB 5.0, the :pipeline:`$currentOp` aggregation 
+stage is used when running the helper method :method:`db.currentOp()` 
+via :binary:`~bin.mongosh`.
+
 ``mongos`` / ``mongod`` Connection Pool
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~