diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-tools.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-tools.rst
index 93710d9894266e..462a1f0cc96044 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-tools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-tools.rst
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ The following commands inspect the process identified by ``PID``:
 
 .. code-block:: shell-session
 
-   $ python -m asyncio pstree [--retries N] PID
-   $ python -m asyncio ps [--retries N] PID
+   $ python -m asyncio pstree PID
+   $ python -m asyncio ps PID
 
 The commands read the target process state without executing any code in it.
 They are only available on supported platforms and may require permission to