diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 9a42b963167685..39112580285cc0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ Timeouts
             except TimeoutError:
                 pass
 
-            if cm.expired:
+            if cm.expired():
                 print("Looks like we haven't finished on time.")
 
     Timeout context managers can be safely nested.