diff --git a/source/reference/method/cursor.explain.txt b/source/reference/method/cursor.explain.txt
index 6ac26022b7e..bc3f91064e9 100644
--- a/source/reference/method/cursor.explain.txt
+++ b/source/reference/method/cursor.explain.txt
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ sharded*. For queries on sharded collections, see
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.2
 
-   :data:`~explain.server` is a string that reports the MongoDB server.
+   :data:`~explain.server` is a string that reports the MongoDB server
+   hostname or IP address.
 
 .. data:: explain.filterSet