diff --git a/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs b/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
index 26c8a9c1a00..f51e8206a03 100644
--- a/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ pub fn main_rt(args: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 ///
 /// ### Configure the runtime to start with time paused
 ///
-/// ```rust
-/// #[tokio::main(start_paused = true)]
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
 /// async fn main() {
 ///     println!("Hello world");
 /// }