diff --git a/shell/db.js b/shell/db.js
index 1de33678576..fb62ac314f5 100644
--- a/shell/db.js
+++ b/shell/db.js
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ DB.prototype.help = function() {
     print("\tdb.resetError()");
     print("\tdb.getCollectionNames()");
     print("\tdb.group(ns, key[, keyf], cond, reduce, initial)");
+    print("\tdb.currentOp() displays the current operation in the db" );
+    print("\tdb.killOp() kills the current operation in the db" );
 }
 
 /**