diff --git a/dali/pipeline/operator/builtin/input_operator.cc b/dali/pipeline/operator/builtin/input_operator.cc
index 67e2d19692..3f9b11eea6 100644
--- a/dali/pipeline/operator/builtin/input_operator.cc
+++ b/dali/pipeline/operator/builtin/input_operator.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ A base for any operator that forwards in-memory data to DALI pipeline.)doc")
                 .NumInput(0)
                 .NumOutput(0)
                 .AddOptionalArg("blocking", R"code(
-If ``True``, this operator will block until the data is available (e.g. by calling ``feed_input``).
+**Advanced** If ``True``, this operator will block until the data is available
+(e.g. by calling ``feed_input``).
 If ``False``, the operator will raise an error, if the data is not available.
 )code", false)
                 .AddOptionalArg("no_copy", R"code(
diff --git a/dali/python/nvidia/dali/external_source.py b/dali/python/nvidia/dali/external_source.py
index 7ce053ff0f..dead6f1321 100644
--- a/dali/python/nvidia/dali/external_source.py
+++ b/dali/python/nvidia/dali/external_source.py
@@ -460,6 +460,11 @@ class ExternalSource:
         .. note::
             This is applicable only when copying data to and from GPU memory.
 
+    `blocking`: bool, optional
+        **Advanced** If True, this operator will block until the data is available
+        (e.g. by calling ``feed_input``).  If False, the operator will raise an error,
+        if the data is not available.
+
     `no_copy` : bool, optional
         Determines whether DALI should copy the buffer when feed_input is called.
 
@@ -997,6 +1002,7 @@ def external_source(
     ndim=None,
     cuda_stream=None,
     use_copy_kernel=None,
+    blocking=None,
     batch=True,
     repeat_last=False,
     **kwargs,
@@ -1068,6 +1074,7 @@ def _external_source(
         )
         return op(name=name)
 
+    kwargs["blocking"] = blocking
     # Wrapper around external_source to switch between standard and debug mode.
     current_pipeline = _PipelineDebug.current()
     if getattr(current_pipeline, "_debug_on", False):