diff -r 6c5f9c6c25ea Lib/asyncio/tasks.py
--- a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py	Wed Sep 14 18:17:32 2016 +0300
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py	Wed Sep 14 18:31:13 2016 -0400
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
         h.cancel()
 
 
-def async(coro_or_future, *, loop=None):
+def async_(coro_or_future, *, loop=None):
     """Wrap a coroutine in a future.
 
     If the argument is a Future, it is returned directly.
@@ -532,6 +532,11 @@
 
     return ensure_future(coro_or_future, loop=loop)
 
+# Silence DeprecationWarning:
+globals()['async'] = async_
+async_.__name__ = 'async'
+del async_
+
 
 def ensure_future(coro_or_future, *, loop=None):
     """Wrap a coroutine or an awaitable in a future.
diff -r 6c5f9c6c25ea Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py	Wed Sep 14 18:17:32 2016 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py	Wed Sep 14 18:31:13 2016 -0400
@@ -358,57 +358,110 @@
             with self.subTest(code=code), self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
                 compile(code, "<test>", "exec")
 
+    def test_badsyntax_2(self):
+        samples = [
+            """def foo():
+                await = 1
+            """,
+
+            """class Bar:
+                def async(): pass
+            """,
+
+            """class Bar:
+                async = 1
+            """,
+
+            """class async:
+                pass
+            """,
+
+            """class await:
+                pass
+            """,
+
+            """import math as await""",
+
+            """def async():
+                pass""",
+
+            """def foo(*, await=1):
+                pass"""
+
+            """async = 1""",
+
+            """print(await=1)"""
+        ]
+
+        for code in samples:
+            with self.subTest(code=code), self.assertWarnsRegex(
+                    DeprecationWarning,
+                    "'await' will become reserved keywords"):
+                compile(code, "<test>", "exec")
+
+    def test_badsyntax_3(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(DeprecationWarning):
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                warnings.simplefilter("error")
+                compile("async = 1", "<test>", "exec")
+
     def test_goodsyntax_1(self):
         # Tests for issue 24619
 
-        def foo(await):
-            async def foo(): pass
-            async def foo():
-                pass
-            return await + 1
-        self.assertEqual(foo(10), 11)
+        samples = [
+            '''def foo(await):
+                async def foo(): pass
+                async def foo():
+                    pass
+                return await + 1
+            ''',
 
-        def foo(await):
-            async def foo(): pass
-            async def foo(): pass
-            return await + 2
-        self.assertEqual(foo(20), 22)
+            '''def foo(await):
+                async def foo(): pass
+                async def foo(): pass
+                return await + 1
+            ''',
 
-        def foo(await):
+            '''def foo(await):
 
-            async def foo(): pass
+                async def foo(): pass
 
-            async def foo(): pass
+                async def foo(): pass
 
-            return await + 2
-        self.assertEqual(foo(20), 22)
+                return await + 1
+            ''',
 
-        def foo(await):
-            """spam"""
-            async def foo(): \
-                pass
-            # 123
-            async def foo(): pass
-            # 456
-            return await + 2
-        self.assertEqual(foo(20), 22)
+            '''def foo(await):
+                """spam"""
+                async def foo(): \
+                    pass
+                # 123
+                async def foo(): pass
+                # 456
+                return await + 1
+            ''',
 
-        def foo(await):
-            def foo(): pass
-            def foo(): pass
-            async def bar(): return await_
-            await_ = await
-            try:
-                bar().send(None)
-            except StopIteration as ex:
-                return ex.args[0]
-        self.assertEqual(foo(42), 42)
+            '''def foo(await):
+                def foo(): pass
+                def foo(): pass
+                async def bar(): return await_
+                await_ = await
+                try:
+                    bar().send(None)
+                except StopIteration as ex:
+                    return ex.args[0] + 1
+            '''
+        ]
 
-        async def f():
-            async def g(): pass
-            await z
-        await = 1
-        self.assertTrue(inspect.iscoroutinefunction(f))
+        for code in samples:
+            with self.subTest(code=code):
+                loc = {}
+
+                with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                    warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+                    exec(code, loc, loc)
+
+                self.assertEqual(loc['foo'](10), 11)
 
 
 class TokenizerRegrTest(unittest.TestCase):
diff -r 6c5f9c6c25ea Lib/test/test_grammar.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py	Wed Sep 14 18:17:32 2016 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py	Wed Sep 14 18:31:13 2016 -0400
@@ -1345,18 +1345,6 @@
         self.assertEqual(m.other, 42)
 
     def test_async_await(self):
-        async = 1
-        await = 2
-        self.assertEqual(async, 1)
-
-        def async():
-            nonlocal await
-            await = 10
-        async()
-        self.assertEqual(await, 10)
-
-        self.assertFalse(bool(async.__code__.co_flags & inspect.CO_COROUTINE))
-
         async def test():
             def sum():
                 pass
diff -r 6c5f9c6c25ea Lib/xml/dom/xmlbuilder.py
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/xmlbuilder.py	Wed Sep 14 18:17:32 2016 +0300
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/xmlbuilder.py	Wed Sep 14 18:31:13 2016 -0400
@@ -353,14 +353,14 @@
 class DocumentLS:
     """Mixin to create documents that conform to the load/save spec."""
 
-    async = _AsyncDeprecatedProperty()
     async_ = False
+    locals()['async'] = _AsyncDeprecatedProperty()  # Avoid DeprecationWarning
 
     def _get_async(self):
         return False
 
-    def _set_async(self, async):
-        if async:
+    def _set_async(self, flag):
+        if flag:
             raise xml.dom.NotSupportedErr(
                 "asynchronous document loading is not supported")
 
diff -r 6c5f9c6c25ea Python/ast.c
--- a/Python/ast.c	Wed Sep 14 18:17:32 2016 +0300
+++ b/Python/ast.c	Wed Sep 14 18:31:13 2016 -0400
@@ -938,6 +938,26 @@
         ast_error(c, n, "assignment to keyword");
         return 1;
     }
+    if (PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "async") == 0 ||
+        PyUnicode_CompareWithASCIIString(name, "await") == 0)
+    {
+        PyObject *message = PyUnicode_FromString(
+            "'async' and 'await' will become reserved keywords"
+            " in Python 3.7");
+        if (message == NULL) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if (PyErr_WarnExplicitObject(
+                PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                message,
+                c->c_filename,
+                LINENO(n),
+                NULL,
+                NULL) < 0)
+        {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
     if (full_checks) {
         const char * const *p;
         for (p = FORBIDDEN; *p; p++) {