diff --git a/source/reference/command/replSetReconfig.txt b/source/reference/command/replSetReconfig.txt
index 5d62a60bebd..dd3b7325ead 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/replSetReconfig.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/replSetReconfig.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ replSetReconfig
 Considerations
 --------------
 
+Access Control
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To run the command on deployments that enforce :doc:`access
+control</core/authorization>`, the user must have 
+:authaction:`replSetConfigure` privilege action on the cluster resource.
+The :authrole:`clusterManager` built-in role on the ``admin`` database
+provides the required privileges for this command.
+
 Locking Behavior
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/source/reference/method/rs.reconfig.txt b/source/reference/method/rs.reconfig.txt
index 1d3888ffa45..01a73d24ad9 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/rs.reconfig.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/rs.reconfig.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ Definition
 Consideration
 -------------
 
+Access Control
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To run the method on deployments that enforce :doc:`access
+control</core/authorization>`, the user must have 
+:authaction:`replSetConfigure` privilege action on the cluster resource.
+The :authrole:`clusterManager` built-in role on the ``admin`` database
+provides the required privileges for this command.
+
+Locking Behavior
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:method:`rs.reconfig()` obtains a special mutually
+exclusive lock to prevent more than one
+:method:`rs.reconfig()` operation from occurring at the same
+time.
+
+
 Mixed Version Replica Set
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~