diff --git a/tokio-stream/src/wrappers/watch.rs b/tokio-stream/src/wrappers/watch.rs
index a98a72cfd56..0ffd1b8193b 100644
--- a/tokio-stream/src/wrappers/watch.rs
+++ b/tokio-stream/src/wrappers/watch.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,41 @@ use tokio::sync::watch::error::RecvError;
 
 /// A wrapper around [`tokio::sync::watch::Receiver`] that implements [`Stream`].
 ///
+/// This stream will always start by yielding the current value when the WatchStream is polled,
+/// regardles of whether it was the initial value or sent afterwards.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// # #[tokio::main]
+/// # async fn main() {
+/// use tokio_stream::{StreamExt, wrappers::WatchStream};
+/// use tokio::sync::watch;
+///
+/// let (tx, rx) = watch::channel("hello");
+/// let mut rx = WatchStream::new(rx);
+///
+/// assert_eq!(rx.next().await, Some("hello"));
+///
+/// tx.send("goodbye").unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!(rx.next().await, Some("goodbye"));
+/// # }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ```
+/// # #[tokio::main]
+/// # async fn main() {
+/// use tokio_stream::{StreamExt, wrappers::WatchStream};
+/// use tokio::sync::watch;
+///
+/// let (tx, rx) = watch::channel("hello");
+/// let mut rx = WatchStream::new(rx);
+///
+/// tx.send("goodbye").unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!(rx.next().await, Some("goodbye"));
+/// # }
+/// ```
+///
 /// [`tokio::sync::watch::Receiver`]: struct@tokio::sync::watch::Receiver
 /// [`Stream`]: trait@crate::Stream
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "sync")))]
@@ -28,7 +63,7 @@ impl<T: 'static + Clone + Unpin + Send + Sync> WatchStream<T> {
     /// Create a new `WatchStream`.
     pub fn new(rx: Receiver<T>) -> Self {
         Self {
-            inner: ReusableBoxFuture::new(make_future(rx)),
+            inner: ReusableBoxFuture::new(async move { (Ok(()), rx) }),
         }
     }
 }