diff --git a/bob/bio/base/preprocessor/Preprocessor.py b/bob/bio/base/preprocessor/Preprocessor.py
index f5a7e16afcb160cc5680f19a5a012fd580a1d1ae..5f054e11dfa5a9545e1f3045aa2e85007675fa40 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/preprocessor/Preprocessor.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/preprocessor/Preprocessor.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class Preprocessor:
 
   **Parameters:**
 
+  writes_data : bool
+    Select, if the preprocessor actually writes preprocessed images, or if it is simply returning values.
+
   kwargs : ``key=value`` pairs
     A list of keyword arguments to be written in the :py:meth:`__str__` function.
   """