diff --git a/datastore/api/snippets.py b/datastore/api/snippets.py
index d58b2aa0de74..0ad71713e3fa 100644
--- a/datastore/api/snippets.py
+++ b/datastore/api/snippets.py
@@ -786,6 +786,13 @@ def property_by_kind_run_query(client):
 
     return representations_by_property
 
+def eventual_consistent_query(client):
+
+    # [START eventual_consistent_query]
+    # Read consistency cannot be specified in gcloud-python.
+    # [END eventual_consistent_query]
+
+    return
 
 def main(project_id):
     client = datastore.Client(project_id)