diff --git a/CHANGES/3964.doc b/CHANGES/3964.doc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70ee051a18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/3964.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed deprecation warning in tracing example docs 
diff --git a/docs/client_advanced.rst b/docs/client_advanced.rst
index 37b01a09a94..02ab6d446c1 100644
--- a/docs/client_advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/client_advanced.rst
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ same request and to the same :class:`TraceConfig` class, perhaps::
 
     async def on_request_start(
             session, trace_config_ctx, params):
-        trace_config_ctx.start = session.loop.time()
+        trace_config_ctx.start = asyncio.get_event_loop().time()
 
     async def on_request_end(session, trace_config_ctx, params):
-        elapsed = session.loop.time() - trace_config_ctx.start
+        elapsed = asyncio.get_event_loop().time() - trace_config_ctx.start
         print("Request took {}".format(elapsed))