diff --git a/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs b/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
index 81148482537..0b312f896f1 100644
--- a/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/net/windows/named_pipe.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ use self::doc::*;
 /// let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
 ///     loop {
 ///         // Wait for a client to connect.
-///         let connected = server.connect().await?;
+///         server.connect().await?;
+///         let connected_client = server;
 ///
 ///         // Construct the next server to be connected before sending the one
 ///         // we already have of onto a task. This ensures that the server