diff --git a/src/zarr/api/synchronous.py b/src/zarr/api/synchronous.py
index 4e718a234e..ec1926eae4 100644
--- a/src/zarr/api/synchronous.py
+++ b/src/zarr/api/synchronous.py
@@ -770,8 +770,12 @@ def create(
         If using an fsspec URL to create the store, these will be passed to
         the backend implementation. Ignored otherwise.
     config : ArrayConfigLike, optional
-        Runtime configuration of the array. If provided, will override the
-        default values from `zarr.config.array`.
+    Runtime configuration of the array. If provided, will override the
+    default values from :obj:`zarr.config.array`.
+
+**kwargs
+    Additional keyword arguments passed through to
+    :func:`zarr.api.asynchronous.create`.
 
     Returns
     -------