diff --git a/source/includes/access-create-first-user-proc.rst b/source/includes/access-create-first-user-proc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb08ed5e829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/includes/access-create-first-user-proc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+If your MongoDB database has no users, you *must* connect to :program:`mongod`
+using the :ref:`localhost exception <localhost-exception>`
+or use the :option:`--noauth <mongod --noauth>` option when starting
+:program:`mongod`. In such cases, skip to Step 3 of the procedure.
+
+If users exist in the MongoDB database, but none of them has the
+appropriate prerequisites to create a new user or you do not have access
+to them, you *must* restart :program:`mongod` with the :option:`--noauth
+<mongod --noauth>` option.
diff --git a/source/includes/access-create-user.rst b/source/includes/access-create-user.rst
index 9fe265edf68..5dbefbfe87f 100644
--- a/source/includes/access-create-user.rst
+++ b/source/includes/access-create-user.rst
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ You must have the :authaction:`grantRole` :ref:`action
 user.
 
 If you have the :authrole:`userAdmin` or :authrole:`userAdminAnyDatabase`
-role, or if you are authenticated using the :ref:`localhost exception
-<localhost-exception>`, you have those actions.
+role, you have those actions.
diff --git a/source/tutorial/add-admin-user.txt b/source/tutorial/add-admin-user.txt
index 25db5d02520..66eb35779e8 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/add-admin-user.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/add-admin-user.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ Prerequisites
 
 .. include:: /includes/access-create-user.rst
 
+Creating the First User or First User With Appropriate Privileges
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. include:: /includes/access-create-first-user-proc.rst
+
 Procedure
 ---------
 
diff --git a/source/tutorial/add-user-administrator.txt b/source/tutorial/add-user-administrator.txt
index 0b656d0bb38..bace6ff0978 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/add-user-administrator.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/add-user-administrator.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Prerequisites
 
 .. include:: /includes/access-create-user.rst
 
+Creating the First User or First User With Appropriate Privileges
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. include:: /includes/access-create-first-user-proc.rst
+
 Procedure
 ---------
 
diff --git a/source/tutorial/add-user-to-database.txt b/source/tutorial/add-user-to-database.txt
index 419eecfbc6c..46c7be23308 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/add-user-to-database.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/add-user-to-database.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ user administrator, do so as described in
 
 .. include:: /includes/access-create-user.rst
 
+Creating the First User or First User With Appropriate Privileges
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. include:: /includes/access-create-first-user-proc.rst
+
 Procedures
 ----------