From b5c1fb401249fac0d8c96dea1b52c096d26be8b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan <vanillajonathan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 20:37:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] signal: add example with background listener (#4171)

---
 tokio/src/signal/ctrl_c.rs | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tokio/src/signal/ctrl_c.rs b/tokio/src/signal/ctrl_c.rs
index 1eeeb85aa17..b26ab7ead64 100644
--- a/tokio/src/signal/ctrl_c.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/signal/ctrl_c.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ use std::io;
 ///     println!("received ctrl-c event");
 /// }
 /// ```
+///
+/// Listen in the background:
+///
+/// ```rust,no_run
+/// tokio::spawn(async move {
+///     tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await.unwrap();
+///     // Your handler here
+/// });
+/// ```
 pub async fn ctrl_c() -> io::Result<()> {
     os_impl::ctrl_c()?.recv().await;
     Ok(())