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diff --git a/source/includes/cross-version-sync.rst b/source/includes/cross-version-sync.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 Starting in 1.7.0, ``mongosync`` can perform version migration from 
 certain lower major version source clusters to certain higher major
 version destination clusters. 
-
-Cross-version migration requires additional preparation and
-configuration when migrating from a pre-6.0 release. To perform a cross-version 
-migration from a pre-6.0 version of the MongoDB Server using
-``mongosync``, please `contact <https://mongodb.com/contact>`__ your
-account team to inquire about Professional Services.
diff --git a/source/includes/fact-minimum-fcv.rst b/source/includes/fact-minimum-fcv.rst
diff --git a/source/includes/fact-older-version-limitations.rst b/source/includes/fact-older-version-limitations.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+- Writes that produce :term:`DDL <DDL (Data Definition Language)>` events cannot 
+  occur on the source cluster during the migration. The following events cannot 
+  occur: 
+  
+  - ``collMod``
+  - ``create``
+  - ``createIndexes``
+  - ``drop``
+  - ``dropDatabase``
+  - ``dropIndexes``
+  - ``refineCollectionShardKey``  
+  - ``rename``
+  - ``reshardCollection``
+  - ``shardCollection``
+
+  This includes operations that may create new collections such as 
+  :dbcommand:`mapReduce`, :pipeline:`$out`, and :pipeline:`$merge`. This also 
+  includes collections created implicitly from inserts. Only writes that produce 
+  CRUD events can occur during the migration.
+
+  .. note:: 
+   
+     Writes that produce DDL events on source collections outside of the 
+     :ref:`namespace filter <c2c-filtered-sync>` are allowed.
+
+- ``geoHaystack`` indexes are not supported.
+
+- :ref:`/reverse <c2c-api-reverse>` endpoint is not supported. You can't 
+  enable the ``reversible`` option in the :ref:`/start <c2c-api-start>` request.
+
+- You can't enable the ``enableUserWriteBlocking`` option in the ``/start`` 
+  request. Ensure that no writes are made to the source or destination cluster 
+  during the migration.
+
+- You can't enable the ``createSupportingIndexes`` :ref:`sharding parameter 
+  <c2c-api-start-sharding>`. Instead, create an index to support your shard key 
+  on the source cluster. 
+
+- If there are any indexes with inconsistent specs or that are missing 
+  ``mongosync`` returns an error. To check for index inconsistencies, see 
+  :ref:`manage-indexes-find-inconsistent-indexes`.
+
+- For source clusters running MongoDB 4.4, :ref:`SRV connection strings 
+  <connections-dns-seedlist>` are not supported. You must use a 
+  :ref:`standard connection string 
+  <connections-standard-connection-string-format>`.
diff --git a/source/includes/fact-pre-6.0-migration.rst b/source/includes/fact-pre-6.0-migration.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Starting in version 1.10.0, ``mongosync`` supports migrations from pre-6.0 
+source clusters. 
diff --git a/source/includes/fact-verifier-limitations.rst b/source/includes/fact-verifier-limitations.rst
@@ -28,3 +28,13 @@ Unsupported Verification Checks
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. include:: /includes/fact-verifier-unsupported
+
+.. note:: 
+
+   Starting in version 1.10, the verifier checks for data inconsistencies from 
+   a :ref:`DDL event <c2c-older-version-limitations>` that occurred on the 
+   pre-6.0 source cluster during migration. This is because pre-6.0 migrations 
+   do not support DDL events.
+
+   To learn more, see :ref:`Pre-6.0 Migration Limitations 
+   <c2c-older-version-limitations>`.
diff --git a/source/includes/fact-version-compatibility.rst b/source/includes/fact-version-compatibility.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+For information on minimum supported versions, see 
+:ref:`c2c-server-version-compatibility`.
diff --git a/source/includes/table-pre-6.0-compatibility.rst b/source/includes/table-pre-6.0-compatibility.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.. list-table:: 
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :stub-columns: 1
+   :widths: 40 30 30 
+
+   * -
+     -  **6.0 Destination** 
+     -  **7.0 Destination** 
+
+   * - **4.4 Source**
+     - √
+     - 
+
+   * - **5.0 Source**
+     - √
+     - √
+
+   * - **6.0 Source**
+     - √
+     - √
+
+   * - **7.0 Source**
+     -  
+     - √
diff --git a/source/reference/api/reverse.txt b/source/reference/api/reverse.txt
@@ -170,5 +170,7 @@ Endpoint Protection
 Limitations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The ``reverse`` endpoint does not support :ref:`filtered sync
-<c2c-filtered-sync>`.
+The ``reverse`` endpoint does not support:
+
+- :ref:`filtered sync <c2c-filtered-sync>`.
+- migrations from :ref:`pre-6.0 source clusters <c2c-older-version-support>`.
diff --git a/source/reference/api/start.txt b/source/reference/api/start.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ Request Body Parameters
        original source cluster blocks writes and the destination cluster
        accepts writes.
 
+       :gold:`IMPORTANT:` If you are migrating from a pre-6.0 source cluster, 
+       you cannot set ``enableUserWriteBlocking`` to ``true``.
+
        To reverse sync, the ``enableUserWriteBlocking`` field must be set
        to ``true``. To allow the source cluster to accept writes again,
        for example after running migration tests, run the following
@@ -167,6 +170,14 @@ Request Body Parameters
 
        * Reversible sync when ``buildIndexes`` is set to ``never``.
 
+       * Reversible sync with the embedded verifier. The
+         verifier supports the initial forward direction of
+         reversible sync. When you call the ``/reverse``
+         endpoint it disables the verifier.
+
+       :gold:`IMPORTANT:` If you are migrating from a pre-6.0 source cluster, 
+       you cannot set ``reversible`` to ``true``.
+
        For more information, see the :ref:`reverse <c2c-api-reverse>` endpoint.
        
        Default value is ``false``.
diff --git a/source/reference/limitations.txt b/source/reference/limitations.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Sharded Clusters
 - Shards cannot be added or removed while syncing.
 - ``mongosync`` only syncs indexes that exist on all shards.
 - ``mongosync`` only syncs indexes that have consistent index
-  specifications on all shards.
+  specifications on all shards. 
 
   .. note::
 
@@ -200,3 +200,15 @@ cluster.
 
 .. include:: /includes/fact-verifier-limitations
 
+.. _c2c-older-version-limitations:
+
+Pre-6.0 Migrations 
+------------------
+
+Starting in 1.10, ``mongosync`` supports migrations from source clusters running 
+MongoDB server versions older than 6.0. For information on supported migration 
+paths, see :ref:`c2c-server-version-compatibility`.
+
+The following limitations apply to pre-6.0 migrations:
+
+.. include:: /includes/fact-older-version-limitations.rst
diff --git a/source/reference/permissions.txt b/source/reference/permissions.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,12 @@ The Atlas permissions are:
 
 .. include:: /includes/table-permissions-atlas.rst
 
+.. _c2c-older-version-permissions:
+
+Pre-6.0 Migrations 
+------------------
+
+- When migrating from a 4.4 source cluster, you must have 
+  :authrole:`clusterManager` permissions on the source cluster.
+
+- Write blocking and reverse sync are not supported.
diff --git a/source/reference/supported-server-version.txt b/source/reference/supported-server-version.txt
@@ -17,42 +17,63 @@ version limitations and requirements:
 
 - .. include:: /includes/fact-partial-8.0-support.rst
 
-- .. include:: /includes/fact-minimum-server-version-support.rst
+- Your source cluster must run one of the following major supported versions: 
+  
+  - 4.4 (*New in version 1.10.0*)
+  - 5.0 (*New in version 1.10.0*)
+  - 6.0
+  - 7.0
 
 - ``mongosync`` doesn't support MongoDB rapid releases, such as 6.1 or 6.2.
 
-- .. include:: /includes/fact-minimum-fcv.rst 
+The following table lists the minimum MongoDB server version requirements for  
+clusters:
 
-Synchronize Data Between Clusters Running Older MongoDB Server Versions
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :class: compatibility 
+
+   * - Major Version 
+     - Patch Version 
+     - Minimum Feature Compatibility Version
+
+   * - 4.4
+     - 4.4.23
+     - 4.4
+
+   * - 5.0
+     - 5.0.29
+     - 5.0
 
-.. include:: /includes/fact-minimum-versions.rst
+   * - 6.0
+     - 6.0.16
+     - 6.0
 
+   * - 7.0
+     - 7.0.9
+     - 6.0
+
+.. _c2c-sync-different-versions:
 
 Synchronize Data Between Clusters with Different MongoDB Server Major Versions
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 .. include:: /includes/cross-version-sync.rst
 
-``mongosync`` supports syncs between the following source and
-destination MongoDB server versions. 
+.. include:: /includes/fact-pre-6.0-migration.rst
 
-.. list-table:: 
-   :header-rows: 1
-   :stub-columns: 1
-   :widths: 40 30 30 
+.. important:: 
+   
+   ``mongosync`` does not support migrations to pre-6.0 destination clusters.
 
-   * - 
-     - **6.0** Destination
-     - **7.0** Destination
+``mongosync`` supports syncs between the following source and
+destination MongoDB server versions:
 
-   * - **6.0** Source
-     - √
-     - √
+.. include:: /includes/table-pre-6.0-compatibility.rst
 
-   * - **7.0** Source
-     -  
-     - √
+.. seealso::
+  
+   :ref:`Pre-6.0 Migration Limitations <c2c-older-version-limitations>`
 
 .. _c2c-server-8.0-to-8.0:
 
diff --git a/source/reference/verification/embedded.txt b/source/reference/verification/embedded.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ Verify with Embedded Verifier
 of checks on the destination cluster to verify the sync of
 supported collections. 
 
-.. important::
-
-   .. include:: /includes/fact-verifier-unsupported
+.. note:: 
+
+   ``mongosync`` reads using :readmode:`primary` read preference, so it 
+   preserves document field order from the source cluster's primary node. The 
+   embedded verifier also checks documents based on the source cluster’s primary 
+   node, but at a different time from when ``mongosync`` reads them. Because of 
+   this, in rare cases, discrepancies in document field order between the source 
+   cluster’s nodes can cause the embedded verifier to fail the migration, even 
+   if ``mongosync`` copied the documents correctly.
 
 .. versionadded:: 1.9
 
diff --git a/source/release-notes/1.10.txt b/source/release-notes/1.10.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,32 @@ Release Notes for mongosync 1.10
 This page describes changes and new features introduced in  
 {+c2c-full-product-name+} 1.10.
 
-1.10.0 Release
---------------
+.. _c2c-older-version-support:
+
+Older Version Support
+---------------------
+
+.. include:: /includes/fact-pre-6.0-migration.rst
+
+``mongosync`` now supports syncs between the following source and
+destination MongoDB server versions:
+
+.. include:: /includes/table-pre-6.0-compatibility.rst
+
+To learn more, see: 
+
+- :ref:`Pre-6.0 Migration Limitations <c2c-older-version-limitations>`.
+- :ref:`Pre-6.0 Migration Permissions <c2c-older-version-permissions>`.
+- :ref:`c2c-sync-different-versions`.
 
 Upgrades to Embedded Verifier
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-----------------------------
+
+.. include:: /includes/verify-reversible-migrations.rst
+
+Minimum Supported Version
+-------------------------
+
+.. include:: /includes/fact-version-compatibility.rst
 
-- .. include:: /includes/verify-reversible-migrations.rst
+.. include:: /includes/migration-upgrade-recommendation.rst
diff --git a/source/reverse-sync.txt b/source/reverse-sync.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ following parameters:
 For more information on limitations and requirements of reversing sync,
 see :ref:`c2c-api-reverse`. 
 
+.. important:: 
+
+   If you are migrating from a pre-6.0 source cluster, you cannot reverse sync.
+
 Steps
 -----
 

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	`1`	+Starting in version 1.10.0, ``mongosync`` supports migrations from pre-6.0
	`2`	`+source clusters.`
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	`1`	`+For information on minimum supported versions, see`
	`2`	+:ref:`c2c-server-version-compatibility`.