diff --git a/docs/topics/async.txt b/docs/topics/async.txt
index 5612235622..a2f702b8e3 100644
--- a/docs/topics/async.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/async.txt
@@ -71,17 +71,18 @@ you will need to wrap it in a :func:`sync_to_async` call. For example::
 
     from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 
-    results = sync_to_async(Blog.objects.get)(pk=123)
+    results = await sync_to_async(Blog.objects.get, thread_sensitive=True)(pk=123)
 
 You may find it easier to move any ORM code into its own function and call that
 entire function using :func:`sync_to_async`. For example::
 
     from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 
-    @sync_to_async
-    def get_blog(pk):
+    def _get_blog(pk):
         return Blog.objects.select_related('author').get(pk=pk)
 
+    get_blog = sync_to_async(_get_blog, thread_sensitive=True)
+
 If you accidentally try to call a part of Django that is still synchronous-only
 from an async view, you will trigger Django's
 :ref:`asynchronous safety protection <async-safety>` to protect your data from