diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 364323d5ca8..db0e04a4a1d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Coroutines (and tasks) can only run when the event loop is running.
     programs, and should ideally only be called once.
 
     .. versionadded:: 3.7
+       **Important:** this has been been added to asyncio in Python 3.7
+       on a :term:`provisional basis <provisional api>`.
 
 
 .. _asyncio-hello-world-coroutine: