diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/collection.spec.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/collection.spec.ts
index 205da41f37..3f218d662c 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/collection.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/collection.spec.ts
@@ -2276,6 +2276,70 @@ describe('Collection', function () {
           ShellApiErrors.NotConnectedToShardedCluster
         );
       });
+
+      describe('with orphan documents', function () {
+        const mockedNumChunks = 2;
+        const mockedCollectionConfigInfo = {};
+        const mockedShardStats = {
+          shard: 'test-shard',
+          storageStats: {
+            size: 1000,
+            numOrphanDocs: 10,
+            avgObjSize: 7,
+            count: 15,
+          },
+        };
+        const mockedShardInfo = {
+          host: 'dummy-host',
+        };
+
+        beforeEach(function () {
+          const serviceProviderCursor = stubInterface<ServiceProviderCursor>();
+
+          // Make find and limit have no effect so the value of findOne is determined by tryNext.
+          serviceProviderCursor.limit.returns(serviceProviderCursor);
+          serviceProvider.find.returns(serviceProviderCursor);
+
+          // Mock according to the order of findOne calls getShardDistribution uses.
+          serviceProviderCursor.tryNext
+            .onCall(0)
+            .resolves(mockedCollectionConfigInfo);
+          serviceProviderCursor.tryNext.onCall(1).resolves(mockedShardInfo);
+          serviceProvider.countDocuments.returns(
+            Promise.resolve(mockedNumChunks)
+          );
+
+          const aggregateTryNext = sinon.stub();
+          aggregateTryNext.onCall(0).resolves(mockedShardStats);
+          aggregateTryNext.onCall(1).resolves(null);
+
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+          serviceProvider.aggregate.returns({
+            tryNext: aggregateTryNext,
+          } as any);
+        });
+
+        it('should account for numOrphanDocs when calculating size', async function () {
+          const shardDistribution = await collection.getShardDistribution();
+
+          const { storageStats } = mockedShardStats;
+          expect(shardDistribution.type).equals('StatsResult');
+          const adjustedSize =
+            storageStats.size -
+            storageStats.numOrphanDocs * storageStats.avgObjSize;
+          expect(shardDistribution.value.Totals.data).equals(
+            `${adjustedSize}B`
+          );
+          const shardField = Object.keys(shardDistribution.value).find(
+            (field) => field !== 'Totals'
+          ) as `Shard ${string} at ${string}`;
+
+          expect(shardField).not.undefined;
+          expect(
+            shardDistribution.value[shardField]['estimated data per chunk']
+          ).equals(`${adjustedSize / mockedNumChunks}B`);
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('analyzeShardKey', function () {
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/collection.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/collection.ts
index cacfdd8f69..1723425bb1 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/collection.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/collection.ts
@@ -2135,12 +2135,14 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
   @returnsPromise
   @topologies([Topologies.Sharded])
   @apiVersions([])
-  async getShardDistribution(): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  async getShardDistribution(): Promise<
+    CommandResult<GetShardDistributionResult>
+  > {
     this._emitCollectionApiCall('getShardDistribution', {});
 
     await getConfigDB(this._database); // Warns if not connected to mongos
 
-    const result = {} as Document;
+    const result = {} as GetShardDistributionResult;
     const config = this._mongo.getDB('config');
 
     const collStats = await (
@@ -2179,17 +2181,24 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
               .findOne({ _id: extractedShardStats.shard }),
             config.getCollection('chunks').countDocuments(countChunksQuery),
           ]);
+
+          // Since 6.0, there can be orphan documents indicated by numOrphanDocs.
+          // These orphan documents need to be accounted for in the size calculation.
+          const orphanDocumentsSize =
+            (extractedShardStats.storageStats.numOrphanDocs ?? 0) *
+            (extractedShardStats.storageStats.avgObjSize ?? 0);
+          const ownedSize =
+            extractedShardStats.storageStats.size - orphanDocumentsSize;
+
           const shardStats = {
             shardId: shard,
             host: host !== null ? host.host : null,
-            size: extractedShardStats.storageStats.size,
+            size: ownedSize,
             count: extractedShardStats.storageStats.count,
             numChunks: numChunks,
             avgObjSize: extractedShardStats.storageStats.avgObjSize,
           };
 
-          const key = `Shard ${shardStats.shardId} at ${shardStats.host}`;
-
           // In sharded timeseries collections we do not have a count
           // so we intentionally pass NaN as a result to the client.
           const shardStatsCount: number = shardStats.count ?? NaN;
@@ -2203,7 +2212,7 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
               ? 0
               : Math.floor(shardStatsCount / shardStats.numChunks);
 
-          result[key] = {
+          result[`Shard ${shardStats.shardId} at ${shardStats.host}`] = {
             data: dataFormat(coerceToJSNumber(shardStats.size)),
             docs: shardStatsCount,
             chunks: shardStats.numChunks,
@@ -2211,7 +2220,7 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
             'estimated docs per chunk': estimatedDocsPerChunk,
           };
 
-          totals.size += coerceToJSNumber(shardStats.size);
+          totals.size += coerceToJSNumber(ownedSize);
           totals.count += coerceToJSNumber(shardStatsCount);
           totals.numChunks += coerceToJSNumber(shardStats.numChunks);
 
@@ -2224,7 +2233,7 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
       data: dataFormat(totals.size),
       docs: totals.count,
       chunks: totals.numChunks,
-    } as Document;
+    } as GetShardDistributionResult['Totals'];
 
     for (const shardStats of conciseShardsStats) {
       const estDataPercent =
@@ -2243,7 +2252,8 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
       ];
     }
     result.Totals = totalValue;
-    return new CommandResult('StatsResult', result);
+
+    return new CommandResult<GetShardDistributionResult>('StatsResult', result);
   }
 
   @serverVersions(['3.1.0', ServerVersions.latest])
@@ -2467,3 +2477,24 @@ export default class Collection extends ShellApiWithMongoClass {
     );
   }
 }
+
+export type GetShardDistributionResult = {
+  Totals: {
+    data: string;
+    docs: number;
+    chunks: number;
+  } & {
+    [individualShardDistribution: `Shard ${string}`]: [
+      `${number} % data`,
+      `${number} % docs in cluster`,
+      `${string} avg obj size on shard`
+    ];
+  };
+  [individualShardResult: `Shard ${string} at ${string}`]: {
+    data: string;
+    docs: number;
+    chunks: number;
+    'estimated data per chunk': string;
+    'estimated docs per chunk': number;
+  };
+};