SERVER-35579 Improve user experience for db.enableFreeMonitoring() when endpoint is down

(cherry picked from commit 2fedb546eab17b0e6e6329f72428e5c979b3e624)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/db.js b/src/mongo/shell/db.js
index 016dcdb48a5..32e6900754b 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/db.js
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/db.js
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ var DB;
             // but is not allowed to inspect it.
             print("Successfully initiated free monitoring, but unable to determine status " +
                   "as you lack the 'checkFreeMonitoringStatus' privilege.");
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
         assert.commandWorked(cmd);
 
@@ -1968,10 +1968,10 @@ var DB;
             print("Successfully initiated free monitoring. The registration is " +
                   "proceeding in the background. ");
             print("Run db.getFreeMonitoringStatus() at any time to check on the progress.");
-            return null;
+            return;
         }
 
-        return cmd;
+        print(tojson(cmd));
     };
 
     DB.prototype.disableFreeMonitoring = function() {