diff --git a/jstests/aggregation/disabled/testexplain.js b/jstests/aggregation/testexplain.js
similarity index 99%
rename from jstests/aggregation/disabled/testexplain.js
rename to jstests/aggregation/testexplain.js
index 0b3e1a807687d..6172df350e816 100644
--- a/jstests/aggregation/disabled/testexplain.js
+++ b/jstests/aggregation/testexplain.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//if ( 0 ) {
+if ( 0 ) {
 
 /* load the test documents */
 load('jstests/aggregation/data/articles.js');
@@ -557,4 +557,4 @@ var edi3result = {
 
 assert(documentEq(edi3, edi3result), 'edi3 failed');
 
-//}
+}
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline.h b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline.h
index 212951c000945..8c3ad2f810457 100755
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace mongo {
 
            @returns true if this is an explain
          */
-        bool getExplain() const;
+        bool isExplain() const;
 
         /**
           The aggregation command name.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ namespace mongo {
         return splitMongodPipeline;
     }
 
-    inline bool  Pipeline::getExplain() const {
+    inline bool  Pipeline::isExplain() const {
         return explain;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_command.cpp b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_command.cpp
index 54c9ac6d45a43..71449ea53c3ce 100755
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_command.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_command.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace mongo {
                 lk.reset(new Lock::GlobalRead());
             Client::ReadContext ctx(ns, dbpath, requiresAuth()); // read lock
 
-            PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(&pSource, pPipeline, db, pCtx);
+            pSource = PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(pPipeline, db, pCtx);
 
             /* release the Cursor before the lock gets released */
             pSource->releaseCursor();
@@ -182,14 +182,13 @@ namespace mongo {
         intrusive_ptr<Pipeline> &pPipeline,
         intrusive_ptr<ExpressionContext> &pCtx) {
 
-        intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> pSource;
-
         scoped_ptr<Lock::GlobalRead> lk;
         if(lockGlobally())
             lk.reset(new Lock::GlobalRead());
         Client::ReadContext ctx(ns, dbpath, requiresAuth()); // read lock
 
-        PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(&pSource, pPipeline, db, pCtx);
+        intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> pSource(
+            PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(pPipeline, db, pCtx));
         return executePipeline(result, errmsg, ns, pPipeline, pSource, pCtx);
     }
 
@@ -293,18 +292,10 @@ namespace mongo {
 
         string ns(parseNs(db, cmdObj));
 
-        if (pPipeline->getExplain())
+        if (pPipeline->isExplain())
             return runExplain(result, errmsg, ns, db, pPipeline, pCtx);
         else
             return runExecute(result, errmsg, ns, db, pPipeline, pCtx);
-
-#ifdef NEVER
-        intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> pSource;
-        PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(
-            &pSource, pPipeline, db, pCtx);
-
-        return executePipeline(result, errmsg, ns, pPipeline, pSource, pCtx);
-#endif
     }
 
 } // namespace mongo
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.cpp b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.cpp
index 8054261c25781..b46b06259e044 100755
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 
 namespace mongo {
 
-    void PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(
-        intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> *ppSource,
+    intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> PipelineD::prepareCursorSource(
         const intrusive_ptr<Pipeline> &pPipeline,
         const string &dbName,
         const intrusive_ptr<ExpressionContext> &pExpCtx) {
@@ -134,9 +133,10 @@ namespace mongo {
         }
 
         /* wrap the cursor with a DocumentSource and return that */
-        *ppSource = DocumentSourceCursor::create(pCursor, dbName, pExpCtx);
+        intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> pSource(
+            DocumentSourceCursor::create(pCursor, dbName, pExpCtx));
 
-        (*ppSource)->setNamespace(fullName);
+        pSource->setNamespace(fullName);
 
         /*
           Note the query and sort
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ namespace mongo {
           referenced (by reference) by the cursor, which doesn't make its
           own copies of them.
         */
-        (*ppSource)->setQuery(pQueryObj);
+        pSource->setQuery(pQueryObj);
         if (initSort)
-            (*ppSource)->setSort(pSortObj);
+            pSource->setSort(pSortObj);
+
+        return pSource;
     }
 
 } // namespace mongo
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.h b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.h
index 4acf4a0597cf6..a514fe22fbcde 100755
--- a/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/commands/pipeline_d.h
@@ -45,13 +45,12 @@ namespace mongo {
            early match can be removed and replaced with a Cursor that will
            do an index scan.
 
-           @param ppSource where to put the wrapped Cursor
            @param pPipeline the logical "this" for this operation
            @param dbName the name of the database
            @param pExpCtx the expression context for this pipeline
+           @returns the cursor that was created
          */
-        static void prepareCursorSource(
-            intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> *ppSource,
+        static intrusive_ptr<DocumentSourceCursor> prepareCursorSource(
             const intrusive_ptr<Pipeline> &pPipeline,
             const string &dbName,
             const intrusive_ptr<ExpressionContext> &pExpCtx);