diff --git a/docs/secrets.mdx b/docs/secrets.mdx
index 0984c9a7f..80b0c6017 100644
--- a/docs/secrets.mdx
+++ b/docs/secrets.mdx
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ from nitric.application import Nitric
 
 api_key = secret("api-key").allow("putting")
 
-latest = api_key.put("a new secret value")
+latest = await api_key.put("a new secret value")
 
 # We can get the version ID of our newly stored value
 latest.version