diff --git a/src/task/spawn.rs b/src/task/spawn.rs
index d34a39f2..857d3f39 100644
--- a/src/task/spawn.rs
+++ b/src/task/spawn.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use crate::task::{Builder, JoinHandle};
 /// # })
 /// ```
 ///
-/// ```
+/// ```ignore
 /// use async_std::task;
 /// use std::time::Duration;
 ///