diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/instance.py b/google/cloud/bigtable/instance.py
index 138d3bfc1..e6e2ac027 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/instance.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/instance.py
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ def table(self, table_id, mutation_timeout=None, app_profile_id=None):
         :type table_id: str
         :param table_id: The ID of the table.
 
+        :type mutation_timeout: int
+        :param mutation_timeout: (Optional) The overriding mutation timeout.
+
         :type app_profile_id: str
         :param app_profile_id: (Optional) The unique name of the AppProfile.