diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source/unfoldResource.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/stream/operators/Source/unfoldResource.md
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@@ -14,15 +14,53 @@ Wrap any resource that can be opened, queried for next element (in a blocking wa
 
 ## Description
 
-Wrap any resource that can be opened, queried for next element (in a blocking way) and closed using three distinct functions into a source.
+`Source.unfoldResource` allows us to safely extract stream elements from blocking resources by providing it with three functions: 
+
+1. `create`: Open or create the resource
+1. `read`: Fetch the next element or signal that we reached the end of the stream by returning a @java[`Optional.empty`]@scala[`None`]
+1. `close`: Close the resource, invoked on end of stream or if the stream fails
+
+The functions are by default called on Akka's dispatcher for blocking IO to avoid interfering with other stream operations. 
+See @ref:[Blocking Needs Careful Management](../../../typed/dispatchers.md#blocking-needs-careful-management) for an explanation on why this is important.
+
+Note that there are pre-built `unfoldResource`-like operators to wrap `java.io.InputStream`s in 
+@ref:[Additional Sink and Source converters](../index.md#additional-sink-and-source-converters), 
+`Iterator` in @ref:[fromIterator](fromIterator.md) and File IO in @ref:[File IO Sinks and Sources](../index.md#file-io-sinks-and-sources).
+Additional prebuilt technology specific connectors can also be found in the [Alpakka project](https://doc.akka.io/docs/alpakka/current/).
+
+## Examples
+
+Imagine we have a database API which may potentially block both when we initially perform a query and 
+on retrieving each result from the query. It also gives us an iterator like way to determine if we have reached
+the end of the result and a close method that must be called to free resources:
+
+Scala
+:   @@snip [UnfoldResource.scala](/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.scala) { #unfoldResource-blocking-api }
+
+Java
+:   @@snip [UnfoldResource.java](/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.java) { #unfoldResource-blocking-api }
+
+## Reactive Streams semantics
+
+
+Let's see how we use the API above safely through `unfoldResource`:
+
+Scala
+:   @@snip [UnfoldResource.scala](/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.scala) { #unfoldResource }
+
+Java
+:   @@snip [UnfoldResource.java](/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.java) { #unfoldResource }
+
+If the resource produces more than one element at a time, combining `unfoldResource` with 
+@scala[`mapConcat(identity)`]@java[`mapConcat(elems -> elems)`] will give you a stream of individual elements.
+See @ref:[mapConcat](../Source-or-Flow/mapConcat.md)) for details.
 
 ## Reactive Streams semantics
 
 @@@div { .callout }
 
-**emits** when there is demand and read @scala[function] @java[method] returns value
+**emits** when there is demand and the `read` function returns a value
 
-**completes** when read function returns `None`
+**completes** when the `read` function returns @scala[`None`]@java[an empty `Optional`]
 
 @@@
-
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.java b/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c616aa00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/src/test/java/jdocs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package jdocs.stream.operators.source;
+
+import akka.NotUsed;
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
+import akka.stream.javadsl.Source;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+interface UnfoldResource {
+  // imaginary blocking API we need to use
+  // #unfoldResource-blocking-api
+  interface Database {
+    // blocking query
+    QueryResult doQuery();
+  }
+
+  interface QueryResult {
+    boolean hasMore();
+    // potentially blocking retrieval of each element
+    DatabaseEntry nextEntry();
+
+    void close();
+  }
+
+  interface DatabaseEntry {}
+
+  // #unfoldResource-blocking-api
+
+  default void unfoldResourceExample() {
+    ActorSystem system = null;
+
+    // #unfoldResource
+    // we don't actually have one, it was just made up for the sample
+    Database database = null;
+
+    Source<DatabaseEntry, NotUsed> queryResultSource =
+        Source.unfoldResource(
+            // open
+            () -> database.doQuery(),
+            // read
+            (queryResult) -> {
+              if (queryResult.hasMore()) return Optional.of(queryResult.nextEntry());
+              else return Optional.empty();
+            },
+            // close
+            QueryResult::close);
+
+    queryResultSource.runForeach(entry -> System.out.println(entry.toString()), system);
+    // #unfoldResource
+  }
+}
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.scala b/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22d3eb1c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/src/test/scala/docs/stream/operators/source/UnfoldResource.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package docs.stream.operators.source
+
+import akka.NotUsed
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
+
+object UnfoldResource {
+
+  // imaginary blocking API we need to use
+  // #unfoldResource-blocking-api
+  trait Database {
+    // blocking query
+    def doQuery(): QueryResult
+  }
+  trait QueryResult {
+    def hasMore: Boolean
+    // potentially blocking retrieval of each element
+    def nextEntry(): DatabaseEntry
+    def close(): Unit
+  }
+  trait DatabaseEntry
+  // #unfoldResource-blocking-api
+
+  def unfoldResourceExample(): Unit = {
+    implicit val actorSystem = ActorSystem()
+    // #unfoldResource
+    // we don't actually have one, it was just made up for the sample
+    val database: Database = ???
+
+    val queryResultSource: Source[DatabaseEntry, NotUsed] =
+      Source.unfoldResource[DatabaseEntry, QueryResult](
+        // open
+        { () =>
+          database.doQuery()
+        },
+        // read
+        { query =>
+          if (query.hasMore)
+            Some(query.nextEntry())
+          else
+            // signals end of resource
+            None
+        },
+        // close
+        query => query.close())
+
+    // process each element
+    queryResultSource.runForeach(println)
+    // #unfoldResource
+  }
+
+}