diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index de6ee58e920732..c6c77be5071832 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Example executing 3 tasks (A, B, C) in parallel::
         asyncio.ensure_future(factorial("A", 2)),
         asyncio.ensure_future(factorial("B", 3)),
         asyncio.ensure_future(factorial("C", 4))]
-    loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.wait(tasks))
+    loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*tasks))
     loop.close()
 
 Output::