diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index bbdef3345a4d42..fb86892547b5fc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ Scheduling From Other Threads
 
      try:
          result = future.result(timeout)
-     except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+     except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
          print('The coroutine took too long, cancelling the task...')
          future.cancel()
      except Exception as exc: