SERVER-18795: provide better printReplicationInfo error message for abiters

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/db.js b/src/mongo/shell/db.js
index fdf67eaf728..4ccccded88d 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/db.js
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/db.js
@@ -746,7 +746,12 @@ DB.prototype.getReplicationInfo = function() {
 DB.prototype.printReplicationInfo = function() {
     var result = this.getReplicationInfo();
     if( result.errmsg ) {
-        if (!this.isMaster().ismaster) {
+        var isMaster = this.isMaster();
+        if (isMaster.arbiterOnly) {
+            print("cannot provide replication status from an arbiter.");
+            return;
+        }
+        else if (!isMaster.ismaster) {
             print("this is a slave, printing slave replication info.");
             this.printSlaveReplicationInfo();
             return;