diff --git a/source/reference/method/Mongo.getDB.txt b/source/reference/method/Mongo.getDB.txt
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/source/reference/method/Mongo.getDB.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+=============
+Mongo.getDB()
+=============
+
+.. default-domain:: mongodb
+
+.. method:: Mongo.getDB(<database>)
+
+   Use the :method:`Mongo.getDB()` method to access the database from
+   the :program:`mongo` shell or from a JavaScript file. 
+
+   :param string database: The name of the database to access.
+
+   The following example instantiates a new connection to the MongoDB
+   instance running on the localhost interface and returns a reference
+   to ``"myDatabase"``:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+      db = new Mongo().getDB("myDatabase");
+
+   .. seealso:: :method:`Mongo()` and :doc:`/reference/method/connect`
diff --git a/source/reference/method/Mongo.txt b/source/reference/method/Mongo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b37f9a8137d
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+++ b/source/reference/method/Mongo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+=======
+Mongo()
+=======
+
+.. default-domain:: mongodb
+
+.. method:: Mongo()
+
+   JavaScript constructor to instantiate a database connection from the
+   :program:`mongo` shell or from a JavaScript file.
+
+   :param string host:
+
+          Optional. Either in the form of ``<host>`` or
+          ``<host>:<port>``.
+
+          - Pass the ``<host>`` parameter to the constructor to
+            instantiate a connection to the ``<host>`` and the default
+            port.
+
+          - Pass the ``<host>:<port>`` parameter to the constructor to
+            instantiate a connection to the ``<host>`` and the
+            ``<port>``.
+
+          Use the constructor without a parameter to instantiate a
+          connection to the localhost interface on the default port.
+
+   .. seealso:: :method:`Mongo.getDB()`
diff --git a/source/reference/method/connect.txt b/source/reference/method/connect.txt
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+++ b/source/reference/method/connect.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+=========
+connect()
+=========
+
+.. default-domain:: mongodb
+
+.. method:: connect( <hostname>:<port>/<database> )
+
+   The :method:`connect()` method creates a connection to a MongoDB instance.
+   However, use the :method:`Mongo()` object and its
+   :method:`~Mongo.getDB()` method in most cases.
+
+   :method:`connect()` accepts a string ``<hostname>:<port>/<database>``
+   parameter to connect to the MongoDB instance on the
+   ``<hostname>:<port>`` and return the reference to the database
+   ``<database>``.
+
+   The following example instantiates a new connection to the MongoDB
+   instance running on the localhost interface and returns a reference
+   to ``myDatabase``:
+
+   .. code-block:: javascript
+
+      db = connect("localhost:27017/myDatabase")
+
+   .. seealso:: :method:`Mongo.getDB()`
diff --git a/source/tutorial/write-scripts-for-the-mongo-shell.txt b/source/tutorial/write-scripts-for-the-mongo-shell.txt
index 6611f6e7625..558af32048b 100644
--- a/source/tutorial/write-scripts-for-the-mongo-shell.txt
+++ b/source/tutorial/write-scripts-for-the-mongo-shell.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Opening New Connections
 -----------------------
 
 From the :program:`mongo` shell or from a JavaScript file, you can
-instantiate database connections using the ``Mongo()`` constructor:
+instantiate database connections using the :method:`Mongo()`
+constructor:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
@@ -30,29 +31,37 @@ instantiate database connections using the ``Mongo()`` constructor:
 
 Consider the following example that instantiates a new connection to
 the MongoDB instance running on localhost on the default port and sets
-the current ``db`` to ``myDatabase`` using the ``getDB()`` method:
+the global ``db`` variable to ``myDatabase`` using the
+:method:`~Mongo.getDB()` method:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
    conn = new Mongo();
    db = conn.getDB("myDatabase");
 
-Additionally, you can use the ``connect()`` method to connect to the
-MongoDB instance. The following example connects to the MongoDB
-instance that is running on ``localhost`` with the non-default port
-``207020`` and set the current ``db``:
+Additionally, you can use the :method:`connect()` method
+to connect to the MongoDB instance. The following example connects to
+the MongoDB instance that is running on ``localhost`` with the
+non-default port ``27020`` and set the global ``db`` variable:
 
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
    db = connect("localhost:27020/myDatabase");
 
 If you create new connections inside a :ref:`JavaScript file
-<mongo-shell-javascript-file>`, you must assign the ``db`` variable
-using the ``getDB()`` method or the ``connect()`` method. You
-**cannot** use ``use <dbname>`` inside the file. Additionally, inside
-the script, you would need to call :method:`db.getLastErrorObj()` or
-:method:`db.getLastError()` explicitly to wait for the result of
-:doc:`write operations</core/write-operations>`.
+<mongo-shell-javascript-file>`:
+
+- You **cannot** use ``use <dbname>`` inside the file to set the ``db``
+  global variable.
+
+- To set the ``db`` global variable, use the :method:`~Mongo.getDB()`
+  method or the :method:`connect()` method. You can, of
+  course, assign the database reference to a variable other than ``db``.
+
+- Additionally, inside the script, you would need to call
+  :method:`db.getLastErrorObj()` or :method:`db.getLastError()`
+  explicitly to wait for the result of :doc:`write
+  operations</core/write-operations>`.
 
 .. _mongo-shell-scripting: