2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_elect_test.cpp b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_elect_test.cpp
index 51817d9e0c2..5d3514af2e1 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_elect_test.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_elect_test.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ TEST_F(ReplCoordElectTest, StepsDownRemoteIfNodeHasHigherPriorityThanCurrentPrim
     auto&& request = noi->getRequest();
     log() << request.target << " processing " << request.cmdObj;
     ASSERT_EQUALS("replSetStepDown", request.cmdObj.firstElement().fieldNameStringData());
+    ASSERT_EQUALS(1LL, request.cmdObj["secondaryCatchUpPeriodSecs"].safeNumberLong());
     auto target = request.target;
     ASSERT_EQUALS(HostAndPort("node2", 12345), target);
     auto response = makeResponseStatus(BSON("ok" << 1));
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_heartbeat.cpp b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_heartbeat.cpp
index 72ff8ccb973..ad38191066c 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_heartbeat.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_coordinator_impl_heartbeat.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,14 @@ void remoteStepdownCallback(const ReplicationExecutor::RemoteCommandCallbackArgs
 }  // namespace
 
 void ReplicationCoordinatorImpl::_requestRemotePrimaryStepdown(const HostAndPort& target) {
-    RemoteCommandRequest request(target, "admin", BSON("replSetStepDown" << 20), nullptr);
+    auto secondaryCatchUpPeriod(duration_cast<Seconds>(_rsConfig.getHeartbeatInterval() / 2));
+    RemoteCommandRequest request(
+        target,
+        "admin",
+        BSON("replSetStepDown" << 20 << "secondaryCatchUpPeriodSecs"
+                               << std::min(static_cast<long long>(secondaryCatchUpPeriod.count()),
+                                           20LL)),
+        nullptr);
 
     log() << "Requesting " << target << " step down from primary";
     CBHStatus cbh = _replExecutor.scheduleRemoteCommand(request, remoteStepdownCallback);