diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 1a504363946..d7102b807b6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -924,8 +924,7 @@ enforced.
    Return ``True`` if *obj* is a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    This method is different from :func:`inspect.iscoroutine` because
-   it returns ``True`` for generator-based coroutines decorated with
-   :func:`@coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   it returns ``True`` for generator-based coroutines.
 
 .. function:: iscoroutinefunction(func)