diff --git a/docs/background.md b/docs/background.md
index e10832a92..a6bfd8c5f 100644
--- a/docs/background.md
+++ b/docs/background.md
@@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ routes = [
 
 app = Starlette(routes=routes)
 ```
+
+!!! important
+    The tasks are executed in order. In case one of the tasks raises
+    an exception, the following tasks will not get the opportunity to be executed.
diff --git a/tests/test_background.py b/tests/test_background.py
index e299ec362..fbe9dbf1b 100644
--- a/tests/test_background.py
+++ b/tests/test_background.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+from typing import Callable
+
+import pytest
+
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTask, BackgroundTasks
 from starlette.responses import Response
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 
 
 def test_async_task(test_client_factory):
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ async def app(scope, receive, send):
     assert TASK_COMPLETE
 
 
-def test_multiple_tasks(test_client_factory):
+def test_multiple_tasks(test_client_factory: Callable[..., TestClient]):
     TASK_COUNTER = 0
 
     def increment(amount):
@@ -61,3 +66,29 @@ async def app(scope, receive, send):
     response = client.get("/")
     assert response.text == "tasks initiated"
     assert TASK_COUNTER == 1 + 2 + 3
+
+
+def test_multi_tasks_failure_avoids_next_execution(
+    test_client_factory: Callable[..., TestClient]
+) -> None:
+    TASK_COUNTER = 0
+
+    def increment():
+        nonlocal TASK_COUNTER
+        TASK_COUNTER += 1
+        if TASK_COUNTER == 1:
+            raise Exception("task failed")
+
+    async def app(scope, receive, send):
+        tasks = BackgroundTasks()
+        tasks.add_task(increment)
+        tasks.add_task(increment)
+        response = Response(
+            "tasks initiated", media_type="text/plain", background=tasks
+        )
+        await response(scope, receive, send)
+
+    client = test_client_factory(app)
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        client.get("/")
+    assert TASK_COUNTER == 1