DOCSP-35673-backport to 4.4 (#5935)

Author: MongoCaleb

source/reference/explain-results.txt

@@ -451,9 +451,17 @@ execution of the winning plan. In order to include
    .. data:: explain.executionStats.executionTimeMillis
 
       Total time in milliseconds required for query plan selection and
-      query execution. :data:`~explain.executionStats.executionTimeMillis` corresponds
-      to the ``millis`` field returned by ``cursor.explain()`` in
-      earlier versions of MongoDB.
+      query execution. It includes the time it takes to run the trial phase 
+      part of the plan selection process, but does not include the network time 
+      to transmit the data back to the client.
+
+      The time reported by ``explain.executionStats.executionTimeMillis`` is 
+      not necessarily representative of actual query time. During steady 
+      state operations (when the query plan is cached), or when using 
+      :method:`cursor.hint()` with ``cursor.explain()``, MongoDB bypasses the 
+      plan selection process, resulting in a faster actual time, leading to 
+      a lower ``explain.executionStats.executionTimeMillis`` value.
+
 
    .. data:: explain.executionStats.totalKeysExamined