diff --git a/docs/strategies/retry.md b/docs/strategies/retry.md
index a93b6f7454..c826dad27e 100644
--- a/docs/strategies/retry.md
+++ b/docs/strategies/retry.md
@@ -710,17 +710,15 @@ var ctsKey = new ResiliencePropertyKey<CancellationTokenSource>("cts");
 var retry = new ResiliencePipelineBuilder()
     .AddRetry(new()
     {
-        OnRetry = args =>
+        OnRetry = async args =>
         {
             if (args.Outcome.Exception is TimeoutException)
             {
                 if (args.Context.Properties.TryGetValue(ctsKey, out var cts))
                 {
-                    cts.Cancel();
+                    await cts.CancelAsync();
                 }
             }
-
-            return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
         }
     })
     .Build();
diff --git a/src/Snippets/Docs/Retry.cs b/src/Snippets/Docs/Retry.cs
index c94afb17f6..e31ac2856b 100644
--- a/src/Snippets/Docs/Retry.cs
+++ b/src/Snippets/Docs/Retry.cs
@@ -402,17 +402,15 @@ public static void AntiPattern_CancellingRetry()
         var retry = new ResiliencePipelineBuilder()
             .AddRetry(new()
             {
-                OnRetry = args =>
+                OnRetry = async args =>
                 {
                     if (args.Outcome.Exception is TimeoutException)
                     {
                         if (args.Context.Properties.TryGetValue(ctsKey, out var cts))
                         {
-                            cts.Cancel();
+                            await cts.CancelAsync();
                         }
                     }
-
-                    return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
                 }
             })
             .Build();