diff --git a/source/reference/cutover-process.txt b/source/reference/cutover-process.txt
index 97cd02f42..cacedcf63 100644
--- a/source/reference/cutover-process.txt
+++ b/source/reference/cutover-process.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ Steps
         If ``lagTimeSeconds`` isn't close to ``0`` when the cutover
         starts, cutover might take a long time.
 
-      The following example returns the status of the synchronization process.
+      The following example returns the status of the
+      synchronization process.
 
       Request
       ~~~~~~~
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ Steps
 
    .. step:: Stop any write operations to the synced collections on the source.
 
+      - Wait for all transactions on the source cluster to either commit or 
+        abort.
       - If you start ``mongosync`` with ``enableUserWriteBlocking``
         set to ``true``, ``mongosync`` blocks all write operations on
         the entire source cluster during the commit (step 4) for you.