diff --git a/source/reference/method/db.collection.findOneAndUpdate.txt b/source/reference/method/db.collection.findOneAndUpdate.txt
index b2dae10d518..13a093a69ab 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/db.collection.findOneAndUpdate.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/db.collection.findOneAndUpdate.txt
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Definition
           Starting in MongoDB 4.2 (and 4.0.12+, 3.6.14+, and 3.4.23+), the operation
           errors if the query argument is not a document.
           
+          If no document matches the ``filter``, no document is updated.
           
-   
       * - ``update``
    
         - document or array
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ Definition
           modify for an update operation on an array field.
           
           .. include::  /includes/extracts/arrayFilters-details.rst
-          
-          
-          
+
           For examples, see :ref:`findOneAndUpdate-arrayFilters`.
           
           .. note::
@@ -186,11 +184,6 @@ Definition
              .. include:: /includes/extracts/arrayFilters-update-aggregation-restriction.rst
           
           .. versionadded:: 3.6
-          
-          
-          
-   
-
 
    :returns:
 
@@ -204,7 +197,9 @@ Document Match
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 :method:`db.collection.findOneAndUpdate()` updates the first matching
-document in the collection that matches the ``filter``.
+document in the collection that matches the ``filter``. If no document
+matches the ``filter``, no document is updated.
+
 The ``sort`` parameter can be used to influence which document is updated.
 
 Projection