diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst
index 5f7636fee28..b709a4c0733 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ If you need a synchronization point with an async task, you can register it to o
           jid: "{{ yum_sleeper.ansible_job_id }}"
         register: job_result
         until: job_result.finished
-        retries: 30
+        retries: 100
+        delay: 10
 
 .. note::
    If the value of ``async:`` is not high enough, this will cause the
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/async_status.py b/lib/ansible/modules/async_status.py
index 158e771d25c..03e0bc16b70 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/async_status.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/async_status.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     jid: '{{ yum_sleeper.ansible_job_id }}'
   register: job_result
   until: job_result.finished
-  retries: 30
+  retries: 100
+  delay: 10
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''