diff --git a/socketio/asyncio_server.py b/socketio/asyncio_server.py
index 6eed5d4..412e94c 100644
--- a/socketio/asyncio_server.py
+++ b/socketio/asyncio_server.py
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class AsyncServer(server.Server):
                                  disable CORS handling.
     :param cors_credentials: Whether credentials (cookies, authentication) are
                              allowed in requests to this server.
+    :param monitor_clients: If set to ``True``, a background task will ensure
+                            inactive clients are closed. Set to ``False`` to
+                            disable the monitoring task (not recommended). The
+                            default is ``True``.
     :param engineio_logger: To enable Engine.IO logging set to ``True`` or pass
                             a logger object to use. To disable logging set to
                             ``False``.
diff --git a/socketio/server.py b/socketio/server.py
index 22ba491..1fc3a10 100644
--- a/socketio/server.py
+++ b/socketio/server.py
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ class Server(object):
     :param cors_credentials: Whether credentials (cookies, authentication) are
                              allowed in requests to this server. The default is
                              ``True``.
+    :param monitor_clients: If set to ``True``, a background task will ensure
+                            inactive clients are closed. Set to ``False`` to
+                            disable the monitoring task (not recommended). The
+                            default is ``True``.
     :param engineio_logger: To enable Engine.IO logging set to ``True`` or pass
                             a logger object to use. To disable logging set to
                             ``False``. The default is ``False``.