diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index d7102b807b60c5..ee9a9ab8bfb508 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -932,5 +932,4 @@ enforced.
    <coroutine>`.
 
    This method is different from :func:`inspect.iscoroutinefunction`
-   because it returns ``True`` for generator-based coroutine functions
-   decorated with :func:`@coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   because it returns ``True`` for generator and coroutine functions.