diff --git a/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md b/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md
index d8a1bc4741..7e091e5e61 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/reference/useQuery.md
@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ const result = useQuery({
   - The failure count for the query.
   - Incremented every time the query fails.
   - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds.
-- `refetch: (options: { throwOnError: boolean }) => Promise<UseQueryResult>`
+- `refetch: (options: { throwOnError: boolean, cancelRefetch: boolean }) => Promise<UseQueryResult>`
   - A function to manually refetch the query.
   - If the query errors, the error will only be logged. If you want an error to be thrown, pass the `throwOnError: true` option
+  - If `cancelRefetch` is `true`, then the current request will be cancelled before a new request is made
 - `remove: () => void`
   - A function to remove the query from the cache.
diff --git a/src/core/types.ts b/src/core/types.ts
index 7ad1fd1e84..c3c56187f5 100644
--- a/src/core/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/types.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ export interface ResultOptions {
   throwOnError?: boolean
 }
 
-export interface RefetchOptions extends ResultOptions {}
+export interface RefetchOptions extends ResultOptions {
+  cancelRefetch?: boolean;
+}
 
 export interface InvalidateQueryFilters extends QueryFilters {
   refetchActive?: boolean