diff --git a/internal/verifier/change_stream.go b/internal/verifier/change_stream.go
index 8aea43f9..483af491 100644
--- a/internal/verifier/change_stream.go
+++ b/internal/verifier/change_stream.go
@@ -116,17 +116,38 @@ func (verifier *Verifier) HandleChangeStreamEvents(ctx context.Context, batch []
 // and omit fullDocument, but $bsonSize was new in MongoDB 4.4, and we still
 // want to verify migrations from 4.2. fullDocument is unlikely to be a
 // bottleneck anyway.
-func (verifier *Verifier) GetChangeStreamFilter() []bson.D {
+func (verifier *Verifier) GetChangeStreamFilter() (pipeline mongo.Pipeline) {
+
 	if len(verifier.srcNamespaces) == 0 {
-		return []bson.D{{bson.E{"$match", bson.D{{"ns.db", bson.D{{"$ne", verifier.metaDBName}}}}}}}
-	}
-	filter := bson.A{}
-	for _, ns := range verifier.srcNamespaces {
-		db, coll := SplitNamespace(ns)
-		filter = append(filter, bson.D{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", db}, {"coll", coll}}}})
+		pipeline = mongo.Pipeline{
+			{{"$match", bson.D{
+				{"ns.db", bson.D{{"$ne", verifier.metaDBName}}},
+			}}},
+		}
+	} else {
+		filter := []bson.D{}
+		for _, ns := range verifier.srcNamespaces {
+			db, coll := SplitNamespace(ns)
+			filter = append(filter, bson.D{
+				{"ns", bson.D{
+					{"db", db},
+					{"coll", coll},
+				}},
+			})
+		}
+		pipeline = mongo.Pipeline{
+			{{"$match", bson.D{{"$or", filter}}}},
+		}
 	}
-	stage := bson.D{{"$match", bson.D{{"$or", filter}}}}
-	return []bson.D{stage}
+
+	return append(
+		pipeline,
+		bson.D{
+			{"$unset", []string{
+				"updateDescription",
+			}},
+		},
+	)
 }
 
 // This function reads a single `getMore` response into a slice.
diff --git a/internal/verifier/change_stream_test.go b/internal/verifier/change_stream_test.go
index 741c1738..14990cb8 100644
--- a/internal/verifier/change_stream_test.go
+++ b/internal/verifier/change_stream_test.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package verifier
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/10gen/migration-verifier/internal/testutil"
 	"github.com/10gen/migration-verifier/internal/util"
 	"github.com/10gen/migration-verifier/mslices"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
@@ -20,19 +23,24 @@ import (
 func TestChangeStreamFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	verifier := Verifier{}
 	verifier.SetMetaDBName("metadb")
-	require.Equal(t, []bson.D{{{"$match", bson.D{{"ns.db", bson.D{{"$ne", "metadb"}}}}}}},
-		verifier.GetChangeStreamFilter())
+	assert.Contains(t,
+		verifier.GetChangeStreamFilter(),
+		bson.D{
+			{"$match", bson.D{{"ns.db", bson.D{{"$ne", "metadb"}}}}},
+		},
+	)
 	verifier.srcNamespaces = []string{"foo.bar", "foo.baz", "test.car", "test.chaz"}
-	require.Equal(t, []bson.D{
-		{{"$match", bson.D{
-			{"$or", bson.A{
-				bson.D{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "foo"}, {"coll", "bar"}}}},
-				bson.D{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "foo"}, {"coll", "baz"}}}},
-				bson.D{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "test"}, {"coll", "car"}}}},
-				bson.D{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "test"}, {"coll", "chaz"}}}},
+	assert.Contains(t,
+		verifier.GetChangeStreamFilter(),
+		bson.D{{"$match", bson.D{
+			{"$or", []bson.D{
+				{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "foo"}, {"coll", "bar"}}}},
+				{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "foo"}, {"coll", "baz"}}}},
+				{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "test"}, {"coll", "car"}}}},
+				{{"ns", bson.D{{"db", "test"}, {"coll", "chaz"}}}},
 			}},
 		}}},
-	}, verifier.GetChangeStreamFilter())
+	)
 }
 
 // TestChangeStreamResumability creates a verifier, starts its change stream,
@@ -445,3 +453,59 @@ func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) TestCreateForbidden() {
 	suite.Require().ErrorAs(err, &eventErr)
 	suite.Assert().Equal("create", eventErr.Event.OpType)
 }
+
+func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) TestLargeEvents() {
+	ctx := suite.Context()
+
+	docID := 123
+
+	makeDoc := func(char string, len int) bson.D {
+		return bson.D{{"_id", docID}, {"str", strings.Repeat(char, len)}}
+	}
+
+	smallDoc := testutil.MustMarshal(makeDoc("a", 1))
+	suite.T().Logf("small size: %v", len(smallDoc))
+	maxBSONSize := 16 * 1024 * 1024
+
+	maxStringLen := maxBSONSize - len(smallDoc) - 1
+
+	db := suite.srcMongoClient.Database(suite.DBNameForTest())
+	suite.Require().NoError(db.CreateCollection(ctx, "mystuff"))
+
+	verifier := suite.BuildVerifier()
+	verifierRunner := RunVerifierCheck(suite.Context(), suite.T(), verifier)
+	suite.Require().NoError(verifierRunner.AwaitGenerationEnd())
+
+	coll := db.Collection("mystuff")
+	_, err := coll.InsertOne(
+		ctx,
+		makeDoc("a", maxStringLen),
+	)
+	suite.Require().NoError(err, "should insert")
+
+	updated, err := coll.UpdateByID(
+		ctx,
+		docID,
+		bson.D{
+			{"$set", bson.D{
+				// smallDoc happens to be the minimum length to subtract
+				// in order to satisfy the server’s requirements on
+				// document sizes in updates.
+				{"str", strings.Repeat("b", maxStringLen-len(smallDoc))},
+			}},
+		},
+	)
+	suite.Require().NoError(err, "should update")
+	suite.Require().EqualValues(1, updated.ModifiedCount)
+
+	replaced, err := coll.ReplaceOne(
+		ctx,
+		bson.D{{"_id", docID}},
+		makeDoc("c", maxStringLen-len(smallDoc)),
+	)
+	suite.Require().NoError(err, "should replace")
+	suite.Require().EqualValues(1, replaced.ModifiedCount)
+
+	suite.Require().NoError(verifier.WritesOff(ctx))
+	suite.Require().NoError(verifierRunner.Await())
+}
diff --git a/internal/verifier/migration_verifier_test.go b/internal/verifier/migration_verifier_test.go
index af18ffdf..6c83e3db 100644
--- a/internal/verifier/migration_verifier_test.go
+++ b/internal/verifier/migration_verifier_test.go
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ func (suite *IntegrationTestSuite) TestBackgroundInIndexSpec() {
 	verifier.SetNamespaceMap()
 
 	runner := RunVerifierCheck(ctx, suite.T(), verifier)
-	runner.AwaitGenerationEnd()
+	suite.Require().NoError(runner.AwaitGenerationEnd())
 
 	status, err := verifier.GetVerificationStatus()
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)