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diff --git a/src/mongo/db/auth/authorization_session.h b/src/mongo/db/auth/authorization_session.h
index ab4c5dec27c..f93aec27d6a 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/auth/authorization_session.h
+++ b/src/mongo/db/auth/authorization_session.h
@@ -301,9 +301,12 @@ protected:
private:
// If any users authenticated on this session are marked as invalid this updates them with
// up-to-date information. May require a read lock on the "admin" db to read the user data.
+ //
+ // When refreshing a user document, we will use the current user's id to confirm that our
+ // user is of the same generation as the refreshed user document. If the generations don't
+ // match we will remove the outdated user document from the cache.
void _refreshUserInfoAsNeeded(OperationContext* opCtx);
-
// Checks if this connection is authorized for the given Privilege, ignoring whether or not
// we should even be doing authorization checks in general. Note: this may acquire a read
// lock on the admin database (to update out-of-date user privilege information).