diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
index 11c4b9ba311..60e26cc39d8 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,41 @@ impl<T> JoinHandle<T> {
     }
 
     /// Returns a new `AbortHandle` that can be used to remotely abort this task.
-    pub(crate) fn abort_handle(&self) -> super::AbortHandle {
+    ///
+    /// Awaiting a task cancelled by the `AbortHandle` might complete as usual if the task was
+    /// already completed at the time it was cancelled, but most likely it
+    /// will fail with a [cancelled] `JoinError`.
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use tokio::{time, task};
+    ///
+    /// #[tokio::main]
+    /// async fn main() {
+    ///    let mut handles = Vec::new();
+    ///
+    ///    handles.push(tokio::spawn(async {
+    ///       time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+    ///       true
+    ///    }));
+    ///
+    ///    handles.push(tokio::spawn(async {
+    ///       time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+    ///       false
+    ///    }));
+    ///
+    ///    let abort_handles: Vec<task::AbortHandle> = handles.iter().map(|h| h.abort_handle()).collect();
+    ///
+    ///    for handle in abort_handles {
+    ///        handle.abort();
+    ///    }
+    ///
+    ///    for handle in handles {
+    ///        assert!(handle.await.unwrap_err().is_cancelled());
+    ///    }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    /// [cancelled]: method@super::error::JoinError::is_cancelled
+    pub fn abort_handle(&self) -> super::AbortHandle {
         self.raw.ref_inc();
         super::AbortHandle::new(self.raw)
     }