diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
index 6c4e600b12c..13f92229016 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ impl<T> JoinHandle<T> {
     /// ```rust
     /// use tokio::time;
     ///
-    /// #[tokio::main]
+    /// #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
     /// async fn main() {
-    /// #  tokio::time::pause();
+    /// #  time::pause();
     ///    let mut handles = Vec::new();
     ///
     ///    handles.push(tokio::spawn(async {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ impl<T> JoinHandle<T> {
     /// ```rust
     /// use tokio::{time, task};
     ///
-    /// #[tokio::main]
+    /// #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
     /// async fn main() {
     /// #  tokio::time::pause();
     ///    let mut handles = Vec::new();