diff --git a/tokio/src/io/stderr.rs b/tokio/src/io/stderr.rs
index 0988e2d9d..43388c3f6 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/stderr.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/stderr.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cfg_io_std! {
     ///
     /// #[tokio::main]
     /// async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
-    ///     let mut stderr = io::stdout();
+    ///     let mut stderr = io::stderr();
     ///     stderr.write_all(b"Print some error here.").await?;
     ///     Ok(())
     /// }
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ cfg_io_std! {
     /// to occur as a single write, so multiple threads writing data with
     /// [`write_all`] may result in interleaved output.
     ///
+    /// Note that unlike [`std::io::stderr`], each call to this `stderr()`
+    /// produces a new writer, so for example, this program does **not** flush stderr:
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+    /// # #[tokio::main]
+    /// # async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    /// tokio::io::stderr().write_all(b"aa").await?;
+    /// tokio::io::stderr().flush().await?;
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// [`std::io::stderr`]: std::io::stderr
     /// [`AsyncWrite`]: AsyncWrite
     /// [`write_all`]: crate::io::AsyncWriteExt::write_all()
     ///
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/stdout.rs b/tokio/src/io/stdout.rs
index f46ca0f05..32bcdbfc6 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/stdout.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/stdout.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ cfg_io_std! {
     /// to occur as a single write, so multiple threads writing data with
     /// [`write_all`] may result in interleaved output.
     ///
+    /// Note that unlike [`std::io::stdout`], each call to this `stdout()`
+    /// produces a new writer, so for example, this program does **not** flush stdout:
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+    /// # #[tokio::main]
+    /// # async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    /// tokio::io::stdout().write_all(b"aa").await?;
+    /// tokio::io::stdout().flush().await?;
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// [`std::io::stdout`]: std::io::stdout
     /// [`AsyncWrite`]: AsyncWrite
     /// [`write_all`]: crate::io::AsyncWriteExt::write_all()
     ///