diff --git a/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AsyncMongoDbClient.java b/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AsyncMongoDbClient.java
index d8fe38843a..89eb7d2500 100644
--- a/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AsyncMongoDbClient.java
+++ b/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AsyncMongoDbClient.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public final Status insert(final String table, final String key,
         batchedWriteCount += 1;
 
         if (batchedWriteCount < batchSize) {
-          return Status.OK;
+          return OptionsSupport.BATCHED_OK;
         }
 
         long count = collection.write(batchedWrite);
diff --git a/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/MongoDbClient.java b/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/MongoDbClient.java
index e0654aa2fa..1db8f0e1cf 100644
--- a/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/MongoDbClient.java
+++ b/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/MongoDbClient.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 /**
- * MongoDB asynchronous client for YCSB framework using the MongoDB Inc. <a
+ * MongoDB binding for YCSB framework using the MongoDB Inc. <a
  * href="http://docs.mongodb.org/ecosystem/drivers/java/">driver</a>
  * <p>
  * See the <code>README.md</code> for configuration information.
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ public Status insert(String table, String key,
             collection.insertMany(bulkInserts, INSERT_UNORDERED);
           }
           bulkInserts.clear();
+        } else {
+          return OptionsSupport.BATCHED_OK;
         }
       }
       return Status.OK;
diff --git a/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/OptionsSupport.java b/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/OptionsSupport.java
index 62092a0d10..c8aacd464f 100644
--- a/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/OptionsSupport.java
+++ b/mongodb/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/OptionsSupport.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import com.yahoo.ycsb.Status;
+
 /**
  * OptionsSupport provides methods for handling legacy options.
  *
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@
  */
 public final class OptionsSupport {
 
+  /** 
+   * Status used for operations that have not been send to the server and have 
+   * only been batched by the client.
+   */
+  public static final Status BATCHED_OK = new Status("BATCHED_OK", 
+      "The operation has been batched by the binding.");
+
   /** Value for an unavailable property. */
   private static final String UNAVAILABLE = "n/a";