1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/jstests/core/updatej.js b/jstests/core/updatej.js
index 2c4f6246f11..b96233f448d 100644
--- a/jstests/core/updatej.js
+++ b/jstests/core/updatej.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-// @tags: [requires_non_retryable_writes]
-
 // Test that update validation failure terminates the update without modifying subsequent
 // documents.  SERVER-4779
+// This test uses a multi-update, which is not retryable. The behavior it is testing is also not
+// true of sharded clusters, since one shard may continue applying updates while the other
+// encounters an error.
+// @tags: [requires_non_retryable_writes, assumes_unsharded_collection]
 
 t = db.jstests_updatej;
 t.drop();
@@ -10,5 +12,5 @@ t.save({a: []});
 t.save({a: 1});
 t.save({a: []});
 
-t.update({}, {$push: {a: 2}}, false, true);
+assert.writeError(t.update({}, {$push: {a: 2}}, false, true));
 assert.eq(1, t.count({a: 2}));