diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 0944aef0ab619d..858c2996b87695 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ Shielding From Cancellation
 
    is equivalent to::
 
-       res = await something()
+       res = await shield(something())
 
    *except* that if the coroutine containing it is cancelled, the
    Task running in ``something()`` is not cancelled.  From the point