DOCSP-25063 BACKPORT (#1812)

Dave Cuthbert · web-flow · commit bf8de6d911c9 · 2022-09-08T10:35:59.000-04:00
diff --git a/source/reference/command/shardingState.txt b/source/reference/command/shardingState.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ shardingState
 .. dbcommand:: shardingState
 
    :dbcommand:`shardingState` is an admin command that reports if
-   :binary:`~bin.mongod` is a member of a :term:`sharded cluster`.
+   :binary:`~bin.mongod` is a member of a :term:`sharded cluster`. To
+   run the command, you must run against the ``admin`` database. See
+   :method:`db.adminCommand()`.
 
    :dbcommand:`shardingState` has the following prototype form:
 
