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@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ The configuration options for the Kafka Connect source connector for IBM MQ are
 | `mq.max.poll.blocked.time.ms`                   | How long the connector will wait for the previous batch of messages to be delivered to Kafka before starting a new poll                                                 | integer | 2000           | It is important that this is less than the time defined for `task.shutdown.graceful.timeout.ms` as that is how long connect will wait for the task to perform lifecycle operations. |
 | `mq.client.reconnect.options`                   | Options governing MQ reconnection.                                                                                                                                      | string  | ASDEF          | ASDEF, ANY, QMGR, DISABLED                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `mq.message.receive.timeout`                    | The timeout (in milliseconds) for receiving messages from the queue manager before returning to Kafka Connect.                                                          | long    | 2000           | 1 or greater                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `mq.receive.subsequent.timeout.ms`        | The timeout (in milliseconds) for receiving messages from the queue manager on the subsequent receives before returning to Kafka Connect. | long    | 0              | 1 or greater                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | `mq.reconnect.delay.min.ms`                     | The minimum delay (in milliseconds) for reconnecting to the queue manager after a connection error.                                                                     | long    | 64             | 1 or greater                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | `mq.reconnect.delay.max.ms`                     | The maximum delay (in milliseconds) for reconnecting to the queue manager after a connection error.                                                                     | long    | 8192           | 1 or greater                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | `errors.deadletterqueue.topic.name`             | The name of the Kafka topic to use as the dead letter queue (DLQ) for poison messages that fail during processing within the record builder component of the connector. | string  |                | If left blank (default), failed messages will not be written to a DLQ.                                                                                                              |