diff --git a/chromadb/api/fastapi.py b/chromadb/api/fastapi.py
index f53dc5bed28..3a67eaa012d 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/fastapi.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/fastapi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from typing import Optional, cast, Tuple
 import logging
 from typing import Optional, cast, Tuple
 from typing import Sequence
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse, quote
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+from chromadb.utils.batch_utils import create_batches
 
 
 class FastAPI(API):
diff --git a/chromadb/utils/batch_utils.py b/chromadb/utils/batch_utils.py
index e9688ef38e0..04258e4e97f 100644
--- a/chromadb/utils/batch_utils.py
+++ b/chromadb/utils/batch_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Optional, Tuple, List
 
-from chromadb.api import API
 from chromadb.api.types import (
     Documents,
     Embeddings,
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 def create_batches(
-    api: API,
+    max_batch_size: int,
     ids: IDs,
     embeddings: Optional[Embeddings] = None,
     metadatas: Optional[Metadatas] = None,
@@ -19,15 +18,15 @@ def create_batches(
     _batches: List[
         Tuple[IDs, Embeddings, Optional[Metadatas], Optional[Documents]]
     ] = []
-    if len(ids) > api.max_batch_size:
+    if len(ids) > max_batch_size:
         # create split batches
-        for i in range(0, len(ids), api.max_batch_size):
+        for i in range(0, len(ids), max_batch_size):
             _batches.append(
                 (  # type: ignore
-                    ids[i : i + api.max_batch_size],
-                    embeddings[i : i + api.max_batch_size] if embeddings else None,
-                    metadatas[i : i + api.max_batch_size] if metadatas else None,
-                    documents[i : i + api.max_batch_size] if documents else None,
+                    ids[i : i + max_batch_size],
+                    embeddings[i : i + max_batch_size] if embeddings else None,
+                    metadatas[i : i + max_batch_size] if metadatas else None,
+                    documents[i : i + max_batch_size] if documents else None,
                 )
             )
     else:
diff --git a/docs/CIP_5_Large_Batch_Handling_Improvements.md b/docs/CIP_5_Large_Batch_Handling_Improvements.md
index 9b03d080f0f..f0be464a74f 100644
--- a/docs/CIP_5_Large_Batch_Handling_Improvements.md
+++ b/docs/CIP_5_Large_Batch_Handling_Improvements.md
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@ New tests:
 
 ## **Rejected Alternatives**
 
-N/A
+Exposing `max_batch_size` and throwing an exception - We decided against this because submitting
+batches (especially large ones) comes with monetary or, at the very least, compute cost. Instead, we want the API to
+gracefully handle large batches by splitting them up.