DOCS-675 incorporate Sam's comments, awaiting lgtm from scott

Author: kay-kim

source/applications/read.txt

@@ -328,22 +328,22 @@ Cursor
 ~~~~~~
 
 The :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` method returns a
-:term:`cursor`; however, in the :program:`mongo` shell, if the result
-of the :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` is not assigned to a
-variable, then the cursor is automatically iterated up to 20 times
-[#setShellBatchSize]_ to print the documents referenced by the cursor,
-as in the following example:
+:term:`cursor` to the results; however, in the :program:`mongo` shell,
+if the returned cursor is not assigned to a variable, then the cursor
+is automatically iterated up to 20 times [#setShellBatchSize]_ to print
+up to the first 20 documents that match the query, as in the following
+example:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
    db.bios.find( { _id: 1 } );
 
-If the result of the :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` is
-assigned to a variable:
+When you assign the :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` to a
+variable:
 
 - you can type the name of the cursor variable to iterate up to 20
-  times [#setShellBatchSize]_ and print the documents referenced by the
-  cursor, as in the following example:
+  times [#setShellBatchSize]_ and print the matching documents, as in
+  the following example:
 
   .. code-block:: javascript
 

source/core/read-operations.txt

@@ -662,25 +662,22 @@ Cursors
 -------
 
 The :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` method returns a
-:term:`cursor`; however, in the :program:`mongo` shell, if the result
-of the :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` is not assigned to a
-variable, then the cursor is automatically iterated up to 20 times
-[#setShellBatchSize]_ to print the documents referenced by the cursor,
-as in the following example:
+:term:`cursor` to the results; however, in the :program:`mongo` shell,
+if the returned cursor is not assigned to a variable, then the cursor
+is automatically iterated up to 20 times [#setShellBatchSize]_ to print
+up to the first 20 documents that match the query, as in the following
+example:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
    db.inventory.find( { type: 'food' } );
 
-This operation will iterate the cursor up to 20 times and print the
-first 20 documents referenced by the cursor.
-
-If the result of the :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` is
-assigned to a variable:
+When you assign the :method:`find() <db.collection.find()>` to a
+variable:
 
 - you can type the name of the cursor variable to iterate up to 20
-  times [#setShellBatchSize]_ and print the documents referenced by the
-  cursor, as in the following example:
+  times [#setShellBatchSize]_ and print the matching documents, as in
+  the following example:
 
   .. code-block:: javascript