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 | --[no-]discovering-mode           | Enable autodiscover collections                                                                                                                                               |                                                                  |
 | --mongodb.collstats-colls         | List of comma separared databases.collections to get $collStats                                                                                                               | --mongodb.collstats-colls=db1,db2.col2                           |
 | --mongodb.indexstats-colls        | List of comma separared databases.collections to get $indexStats                                                                                                              | --mongodb.indexstats-colls=db1.col1,db2.col2                     |
-| --[no-]mongodb.direct-connect     | Whether or not a direct connect should be made. Direct connections are not valid if multiple hosts are specified or an SRV URI is used                                        |                                                                  |
+| --[no-]mongodb.direct-connect     | Whether or not a direct connect should be made. Direct connections are not valid if multiple hosts are specified or an SRV URI is used unless using --split-cluster           |                                                                  |
 | --[no-]mongodb.global-conn-pool   | Use global connection pool instead of creating new pool for each http request                                                                                                 |                                                                  |
 | --mongodb.uri                     | MongoDB connection URI ($MONGODB_URI)                                                                                                                                         | --mongodb.uri=mongodb://user:pass@127.0.0.1:27017/admin?ssl=true |
-| --split-cluster                   | Whether to treat cluster members from the connection URI as separate targets                                                                                                  |
+| --split-cluster                   | Whether to treat cluster members from the connection URI as separate targets, use with `--mongodb.direct-connect` and the `/scrapeall` endpoint                               |                                                                  |
 | --web.listen-address              | Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry                                                                                                                          | --web.listen-address=":9216"                                     |
 | --web.telemetry-path              | Metrics expose path                                                                                                                                                           | --web.telemetry-path="/metrics"                                  |
 | --web.config                      | Path to the file having Prometheus TLS config for basic auth                                                                                                                  | --web.config=STRING                                              |