diff --git a/doc/api/pymongo/mongo_client.rst b/doc/api/pymongo/mongo_client.rst
index ed110e8f9..ac774679c 100644
--- a/doc/api/pymongo/mongo_client.rst
+++ b/doc/api/pymongo/mongo_client.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
       .. autoattribute:: read_preference
       .. autoattribute:: write_concern
       .. autoattribute:: read_concern
-      .. autoattribute:: is_locked
       .. automethod:: start_session
       .. automethod:: list_databases
       .. automethod:: list_database_names
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@
       .. automethod:: get_default_database
       .. automethod:: get_database
       .. automethod:: server_info
+      .. automethod:: watch
       .. automethod:: close_cursor
       .. automethod:: kill_cursors
       .. automethod:: set_cursor_manager
-      .. automethod:: watch
+      .. autoattribute:: is_locked
       .. automethod:: fsync
       .. automethod:: unlock
diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index b06bc8e11..20c30fd6f 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ Highlights include:
   :class:`~pymongo.read_preferences.SecondaryPreferred`,
   :class:`~pymongo.read_preferences.Nearest` to support disabling
   (or explicitly enabling) hedged reads in MongoDB 4.4+.
+- Fixed a bug in change streams that could cause PyMongo to miss some change
+  documents when resuming a stream that was started without a resume token and
+  whose first batch did not contain any change documents.
+
+Deprecations:
+
 - Deprecated the ``oplog_replay`` parameter to
   :meth:`pymongo.collection.Collection.find`. Starting in MongoDB 4.4, the
   server optimizes queries against the oplog collection without requiring
@@ -53,9 +59,15 @@ Highlights include:
 - Deprecated :meth:`pymongo.collection.Collection.reindex`. Use
   :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command` to run the ``reIndex`` command
   instead.
-- Fixed a bug in change streams that could cause PyMongo to miss some change
-  documents when resuming a stream that was started without a resume token and
-  whose first batch did not contain any change documents.
+- Deprecated :meth:`pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient.fsync`. Use
+  :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command` to run the ``fsync`` command
+  instead.
+- Deprecated :meth:`pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient.unlock`. Use
+  :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command` to run the ``fsyncUnlock`` command
+  instead. See the documentation for more information.
+- Deprecated :attr:`pymongo.mongo_client.MongoClient.is_locked`. Use
+  :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command` to run the ``currentOp`` command
+  instead. See the documentation for more information.
 
 Unavoidable breaking changes:
 
diff --git a/pymongo/mongo_client.py b/pymongo/mongo_client.py
index 5d4703c0e..e5545fb79 100644
--- a/pymongo/mongo_client.py
+++ b/pymongo/mongo_client.py
@@ -2083,15 +2083,33 @@ class MongoClient(common.BaseObject):
 
     @property
     def is_locked(self):
-        """Is this server locked? While locked, all write operations
-        are blocked, although read operations may still be allowed.
+        """**DEPRECATED**: Is this server locked? While locked, all write
+        operations are blocked, although read operations may still be allowed.
         Use :meth:`unlock` to unlock.
+
+        Deprecated. Users of MongoDB version 3.2 or newer can run the
+        `currentOp command`_ directly with
+        :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command`::
+
+            is_locked = client.admin.command('currentOp').get('fsyncLock')
+
+        Users of MongoDB version 2.6 and 3.0 can query the "inprog" virtual
+        collection::
+
+            is_locked = client.admin["$cmd.sys.inprog"].find_one().get('fsyncLock')
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+           Deprecated.
+
+        .. _currentOp command: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/currentOp/
         """
+        warnings.warn("is_locked is deprecated. See the documentation for "
+                      "more information.", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
         ops = self._database_default_options('admin')._current_op()
         return bool(ops.get('fsyncLock', 0))
 
     def fsync(self, **kwargs):
-        """Flush all pending writes to datafiles.
+        """**DEPRECATED**: Flush all pending writes to datafiles.
 
         Optional parameters can be passed as keyword arguments:
           - `lock`: If True lock the server to disallow writes.
@@ -2106,6 +2124,14 @@ class MongoClient(common.BaseObject):
             options = {'async': True}
             client.fsync(**options)
 
+        Deprecated. Run the `fsync command`_ directly with
+        :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command` instead. For example::
+
+            client.admin.command('fsync', lock=True)
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+           Deprecated.
+
         .. versionchanged:: 3.6
            Added ``session`` parameter.
 
@@ -2114,20 +2140,46 @@ class MongoClient(common.BaseObject):
         .. warning:: MongoDB does not support the `async` option
                      on Windows and will raise an exception on that
                      platform.
+
+        .. _fsync command: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/fsync/
         """
+        warnings.warn("fsync is deprecated. Use "
+                      "client.admin.command('fsync') instead.",
+                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
         self.admin.command("fsync",
                            read_preference=ReadPreference.PRIMARY, **kwargs)
 
     def unlock(self, session=None):
-        """Unlock a previously locked server.
+        """**DEPRECATED**: Unlock a previously locked server.
 
         :Parameters:
           - `session` (optional): a
             :class:`~pymongo.client_session.ClientSession`.
 
+        Deprecated. Users of MongoDB version 3.2 or newer can run the
+        `fsyncUnlock command`_ directly with
+        :meth:`~pymongo.database.Database.command`::
+
+             client.admin.command('fsyncUnlock')
+
+        Users of MongoDB version 2.6 and 3.0 can query the "unlock" virtual
+        collection::
+
+            client.admin["$cmd.sys.unlock"].find_one()
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.11
+           Deprecated.
+
         .. versionchanged:: 3.6
            Added ``session`` parameter.
+
+        .. _fsyncUnlock command: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/fsyncUnlock/
         """
+        warnings.warn("unlock is deprecated. Use "
+                      "client.admin.command('fsyncUnlock') instead. For "
+                      "MongoDB 2.6 and 3.0, see the documentation for "
+                      "more information.",
+                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
         cmd = SON([("fsyncUnlock", 1)])
         with self._socket_for_writes(session) as sock_info:
             if sock_info.max_wire_version >= 4:
diff --git a/test/test_client.py b/test/test_client.py
index 566728289..39234cdc6 100644
--- a/test/test_client.py
+++ b/test/test_client.py
@@ -1120,6 +1120,7 @@ class TestClient(IntegrationTest):
         self.assertTrue("pymongo_test" in dbs)
         self.assertTrue("pymongo_test_bernie" in dbs)
 
+    @ignore_deprecations
     @client_context.require_no_mongos
     def test_fsync_lock_unlock(self):
         if server_is_master_with_slave(client_context.client):
@@ -1143,13 +1144,19 @@ class TestClient(IntegrationTest):
             time.sleep(1)
         self.assertFalse(locked)
 
-    def test_is_locked_does_not_raise_warning(self):
-        client = rs_or_single_client()
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as ctx:
-            warnings.simplefilter("always")
-            _ = client.is_locked
-            self.assertFalse(
-                any(issubclass(w.category, DeprecationWarning) for w in ctx))
+    def test_deprecated_methods(self):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("error", DeprecationWarning)
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(DeprecationWarning,
+                                        'is_locked is deprecated'):
+                _ = self.client.is_locked
+            if not client_context.is_mongos:
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(DeprecationWarning,
+                                            'fsync is deprecated'):
+                    self.client.fsync(lock=True)
+                with self.assertRaisesRegex(DeprecationWarning,
+                                            'unlock is deprecated'):
+                    self.client.unlock()
 
     def test_contextlib(self):
         client = rs_or_single_client()
diff --git a/test/test_monitoring.py b/test/test_monitoring.py
index 6cff8fb0d..6b3321115 100644
--- a/test/test_monitoring.py
+++ b/test/test_monitoring.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from test import (client_context,
                   unittest)
 from test.utils import (EventListener,
                         get_pool,
+                        ignore_deprecations,
                         rs_or_single_client,
                         single_client,
                         wait_until)
@@ -1336,12 +1337,13 @@ class TestCommandMonitoring(PyMongoTestCase):
         self.assertTrue('ok' in succeeded.reply)
 
         if not client_context.is_mongos:
-            self.client.fsync(lock=True)
-            self.listener.results.clear()
-            self.client.unlock()
-            # Wait for async unlock...
-            wait_until(
-                lambda: not self.client.is_locked, "unlock the database")
+            with ignore_deprecations():
+                self.client.fsync(lock=True)
+                self.listener.results.clear()
+                self.client.unlock()
+                # Wait for async unlock...
+                wait_until(
+                    lambda: not self.client.is_locked, "unlock the database")
             started = results['started'][0]
             succeeded = results['succeeded'][0]
             self.assertEqual(0, len(results['failed']))
diff --git a/test/test_session.py b/test/test_session.py
index f00f58bd9..1705344da 100644
--- a/test/test_session.py
+++ b/test/test_session.py
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ class TestSession(IntegrationTest):
         client.close()
         self.assertEqual(len(listener.results['started']), 0)
 
+    @ignore_deprecations  # fsync and unlock
     def test_client(self):
         client = self.client