diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -477,21 +477,21 @@ Example executing 3 tasks (A, B, C) in p
         f = 1
         for i in range(2, number+1):
             print("Task %s: Compute factorial(%s)..." % (name, i))
             yield from asyncio.sleep(1)
             f *= i
         print("Task %s: factorial(%s) = %s" % (name, number, f))
 
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    tasks = [
-        asyncio.ensure_future(factorial("A", 2)),
-        asyncio.ensure_future(factorial("B", 3)),
-        asyncio.ensure_future(factorial("C", 4))]
-    loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*tasks))
+    loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(
+        factorial("A", 2),
+        factorial("B", 3),
+        factorial("C", 4),
+    ))
     loop.close()
 
 Output::
 
     Task A: Compute factorial(2)...
     Task B: Compute factorial(2)...
     Task C: Compute factorial(2)...
     Task A: factorial(2) = 2