diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java
index 3ec4caf3c..df167330a 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java
@@ -394,11 +394,15 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	/**
 	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $sampleRate} operator.
 	 *
-	 * @param sampleRate sample rate to determine number of documents to be randomly selected from the input.
+	 * @param sampleRate sample rate to determine number of documents to be randomly selected from the input. Must be
+	 *          between {@code 0} and {@code 1}.
 	 * @return this.
-	 * @see <a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/aggregation/sampleRate/">MongoDB Query operator: $sampleRate</a>
+	 * @see <a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/aggregation/sampleRate/">MongoDB Query operator:
+	 *      $sampleRate</a>
+	 * @since 3.3
 	 */
 	public Criteria sampleRate(double sampleRate) {
+
 		Assert.isTrue(sampleRate >= 0, "The sample rate must be greater than zero!");
 		Assert.isTrue(sampleRate <= 1, "The sample rate must not be greater than one!");
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaUnitTests.java
index e24fc34be..96253e4ac 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaUnitTests.java
@@ -40,19 +40,20 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.schema.MongoJsonSchema;
  * @author Ziemowit Stolarczyk
  * @author Clément Petit
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author James McNee
  */
 public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testSimpleCriteria() {
 		Criteria c = new Criteria("name").is("Bubba");
-		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"name\" : \"Bubba\"}"));
+		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo("{ \"name\" : \"Bubba\"}");
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testNotEqualCriteria() {
 		Criteria c = new Criteria("name").ne("Bubba");
-		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"name\" : { \"$ne\" : \"Bubba\"}}"));
+		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo("{ \"name\" : { \"$ne\" : \"Bubba\"}}");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testChainedCriteria() {
 		Criteria c = new Criteria("name").is("Bubba").and("age").lt(21);
-		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"name\" : \"Bubba\" , \"age\" : { \"$lt\" : 21}}"));
+		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo("{ \"name\" : \"Bubba\" , \"age\" : { \"$lt\" : 21}}");
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException.class)
@@ -153,13 +154,13 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Document co = c.getCriteriaObject();
 
 		assertThat(co).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(co).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"age\" : { \"$not\" : { \"$gt\" : 18}} , \"status\" : \"student\"}"));
+		assertThat(co).isEqualTo("{ \"age\" : { \"$not\" : { \"$gt\" : 18}} , \"status\" : \"student\"}");
 	}
 
 	@Test // GH-3726
 	public void shouldBuildCorrectSampleRateOperation() {
 		Criteria c = new Criteria().sampleRate(0.4);
-		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"$sampleRate\" : 0.4 }"));
+		assertThat(c.getCriteriaObject()).isEqualTo("{ \"$sampleRate\" : 0.4 }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // GH-3726
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria numericBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().allClear(0b101);
 
 		assertThat(numericBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllClear\" : 5} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllClear\" : 5} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().allClear(Arrays.asList(0, 2));
 
 		assertThat(bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllClear\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllClear\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria numericBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().allSet(0b101);
 
 		assertThat(numericBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllSet\" : 5} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllSet\" : 5} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().allSet(Arrays.asList(0, 2));
 
 		assertThat(bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllSet\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAllSet\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria numericBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().anyClear(0b101);
 
 		assertThat(numericBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnyClear\" : 5} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnyClear\" : 5} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().anyClear(Arrays.asList(0, 2));
 
 		assertThat(bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnyClear\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnyClear\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria numericBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().anySet(0b101);
 
 		assertThat(numericBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnySet\" : 5} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnySet\" : 5} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-1808
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ public class CriteriaUnitTests {
 		Criteria bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria = new Criteria("field").bits().anySet(Arrays.asList(0, 2));
 
 		assertThat(bitPositionsBitmaskCriteria.getCriteriaObject())
-				.isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnySet\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }"));
+				.isEqualTo("{ \"field\" : { \"$bitsAnySet\" : [ 0, 2 ]} }");
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-2002
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongo-repositories.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongo-repositories.adoc
index b847174c6..328a547b5 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongo-repositories.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongo-repositories.adoc
@@ -281,10 +281,6 @@ lower / upper bounds (`$gt` / `$gte` & `$lt` / `$lte`) according to `Range`
 | `Exists`
 | `findByLocationExists(boolean exists)`
 | `{"location" : {"$exists" : exists }}`
-
-| `SampleRate`
-| `sampleRate(double sampleRate)`
-| `{"$sampleRate" : sampleRate }`
 |===
 
 NOTE: If the property criterion compares a document, the order of the fields and exact equality in the document matters.
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc
index f214edba4..7bf034f46 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/mongodb.adoc
@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ The `Criteria` class provides the following methods, all of which correspond to
 * `Criteria` *orOperator* `(Criteria... criteria)` Creates an or query using the `$or` operator for all of the provided  criteria
 * `Criteria` *orOperator* `(Collection<Criteria> criteria)` Creates an or query using the `$or` operator for all of the provided  criteria
 * `Criteria` *regex* `(String re)` Creates a criterion using a `$regex`
+* `Criteria` *sampleRate* `(double sampleRate)` Creates a criterion using the `$sampleRate` operator
 * `Criteria` *size* `(int s)` Creates a criterion using the `$size` operator
 * `Criteria` *type* `(int t)` Creates a criterion using the `$type` operator
 * `Criteria` *matchingDocumentStructure* `(MongoJsonSchema schema)` Creates a criterion using the `$jsonSchema` operator for <<mongo.jsonSchema,JSON schema criteria>>. `$jsonSchema` can only be applied on the top level of a query and not property specific. Use the `properties` attribute of the schema to match against nested fields.