diff --git a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
index 793bd63f673f6a..7dc5b2989f9c0c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Functions and classes provided:
       async def get_connection():
           conn = await acquire_db_connection()
           try:
-              yield
+              yield conn
           finally:
               await release_db_connection(conn)