diff --git a/projects/rocsparse/docs/how-to/using-rocsparse.rst b/projects/rocsparse/docs/how-to/using-rocsparse.rst
index dc8be0c29cca..29aaaa8529a4 100644
--- a/projects/rocsparse/docs/how-to/using-rocsparse.rst
+++ b/projects/rocsparse/docs/how-to/using-rocsparse.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ consumed by the rocSPARSE library. You **cannot** switch devices
 between :ref:`rocsparse_create_handle_` and :ref:`rocsparse_destroy_handle_`. To change the device,
 you must destroy the current handle and create another rocSPARSE handle on a new device.
 
+:ref:`rocsparse_create_handle_` blocks the calling thread until the handle is ready.
+If you want handle creation to be stream-ordered instead, use :ref:`rocsparse_handle_create_`,
+which binds the handle to a user-provided stream and enqueues all setup work on that stream
+without blocking the host. Handles created this way are destroyed with
+:ref:`rocsparse_handle_destroy_`, which also reports an optional error descriptor.
+Neither routine can be called during HIP graph stream capture.
+
 .. note::
 
    :cpp:func:`hipSetDevice` and :cpp:func:`hipGetDevice` are not part of the rocSPARSE API.
diff --git a/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/api.rst b/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/api.rst
index 776809eb8e2e..ce6d73118d91 100644
--- a/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/api.rst
+++ b/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/api.rst
@@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ Auxiliary functions
 +-----------------------------------------------------+
 |:cpp:func:`rocsparse_create_handle`                  |
 +-----------------------------------------------------+
+|:cpp:func:`rocsparse_handle_create`                  |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
 |:cpp:func:`rocsparse_destroy_handle`                 |
 +-----------------------------------------------------+
+|:cpp:func:`rocsparse_handle_destroy`                 |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
 |:cpp:func:`rocsparse_set_stream`                     |
 +-----------------------------------------------------+
 |:cpp:func:`rocsparse_get_stream`                     |
diff --git a/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/auxiliary.rst b/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/auxiliary.rst
index 38070c0635f0..2ac581978a63 100644
--- a/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/auxiliary.rst
+++ b/projects/rocsparse/docs/reference/auxiliary.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ rocsparse_create_handle()
 
 .. doxygenfunction:: rocsparse_create_handle
 
+.. _rocsparse_handle_create_:
+
+rocsparse_handle_create()
+-------------------------
+
+.. doxygenfunction:: rocsparse_handle_create
+
 .. _rocsparse_destroy_handle_:
 
 rocsparse_destroy_handle()
@@ -27,6 +34,13 @@ rocsparse_destroy_handle()
 
 .. doxygenfunction:: rocsparse_destroy_handle
 
+.. _rocsparse_handle_destroy_:
+
+rocsparse_handle_destroy()
+--------------------------
+
+.. doxygenfunction:: rocsparse_handle_destroy
+
 .. _rocsparse_set_stream_:
 
 rocsparse_set_stream()