diff --git a/docs/sanic/response.md b/docs/sanic/response.md
index f322f8c8..47901c05 100644
--- a/docs/sanic/response.md
+++ b/docs/sanic/response.md
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ from sanic import response
 @app.route("/streaming")
 async def index(request):
     async def streaming_fn(response):
-        response.write('foo')
-        response.write('bar')
+        await response.write('foo')
+        await response.write('bar')
     return response.stream(streaming_fn, content_type='text/plain')
 ```