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+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py
@@ -248,6 +248,22 @@ def create_engine(*args, **kwargs):
Microsoft SQL Server. Set this to ``False`` to disable
the automatic usage of RETURNING.
+ :param isolation_level: this string parameter is interpreted by various
+ dialects in order to affect the transaction isolation level of the
+ database connection. The parameter essentially accepts some subset of
+ these string arguments: ``"SERIALIZABLE"``, ``"REPEATABLE_READ"``,
+ ``"READ_COMMITTED"``, ``"READ_UNCOMMITTED"`` and ``"AUTOCOMMIT"``.
+ Behavior here varies per backend, and
+ individual dialects should be consulted directly.
+
+ .. seealso::
+
+ :ref:`SQLite Concurrency <sqlite_concurrency>`
+
+ :ref:`Postgresql Transaction Isolation <postgresql_isolation_level>`
+
+ :ref:`MySQL Transaction Isolation <mysql_isolation_level>`
+
:param label_length=None: optional integer value which limits
the size of dynamically generated column labels to that many
characters. If less than 6, labels are generated as