diff --git a/source/reference/configuration-options.txt b/source/reference/configuration-options.txt
index 66960433bba..862887279a6 100644
--- a/source/reference/configuration-options.txt
+++ b/source/reference/configuration-options.txt
@@ -3847,7 +3847,25 @@ LDAP Parameters
    
    *Available starting in MongoDB 4.2.1 (and 4.0.12)*
    
+.. setting:: storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.zstdCompressionLevel
 
+   *Type*: integer
+
+   *Default*: 6
+
+   Specifies the level of compression applied when using
+   the :term:`zstd` compressor.
+
+   Values can range from 1 to 22.
+
+   The higher the specified value for ``zstdCompressionLevel``
+   the higher the compression which is applied.
+
+   Only applicable when
+   :setting:`~storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor` 
+   is set to ``zstd``.
+
+   *Available starting in MongoDB 5.0*
 
 .. setting:: storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor
 
diff --git a/source/release-notes/5.0.txt b/source/release-notes/5.0.txt
index 0c1fcf6db11..5cda1259a56 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/5.0.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/5.0.txt
@@ -398,6 +398,17 @@ Starting in MongoDB 5.0, the new parameter
 the time in milliseconds to wait for any ongoing database operations to
 complete before initiating a shutdown of :binary:`~bin.mongos`.
 
+Configurable ``zstd`` Compression Level
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+MongoDB 5.0 introduces the 
+:setting:`~storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.zstdCompressionLevel`
+configuration file option which allows for configurable compression 
+levels when 
+:setting:`~storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor` is set
+to ``zstd``.
+
+
 Lock-Free Read Operations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~