diff --git a/source/reference/collection-statistics.txt b/source/reference/collection-statistics.txt
index 8dd804dc020..6fcedb0d2d0 100644
--- a/source/reference/collection-statistics.txt
+++ b/source/reference/collection-statistics.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Or:
 Example Document
 ----------------
 
-The output of :method:`db.collection.stats()` resembles the following: 
+The output of :method:`db.collection.stats()` resembles the following:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ Fields
 
    The number of indexes on the collection. All collections have at
    least one index on the :term:`_id` field.
-   
+
    .. versionchanged:: 2.2
       Before 2.2, capped collections did not necessarily have an
       index on the ``_id`` field, and some capped collections created
       with pre-2.2 versions of :program:`mongod` may not have an
       ``_id`` index.
-      
+
 
 .. stats:: lastExtentSize
 
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ Fields
    .. versionadded:: 2.2
 
    Reports the flags on this collection set by the user. In version
-   2.2 the only user flag is ``usePowerOf2Sizes``.
+   2.2 the only user flag is :collflag:`usePowerOf2Sizes`.
+   If :collflag:`usePowerOf2Sizes` is enabled, :stats:`userFlags` will
+   be set to ``1``, otherwise :stats:`userFlags` will be ``0``.
 
    See :dbcommand:`collMod` for more information on setting user
    flags and :ref:`usePowerOf2Sizes <usePowerOf2Sizes>`.