Update api.py (#745)

diff --git a/httpx/api.py b/httpx/api.py
index b030c5b5249df30b14d88da33df9b8fc88744d79..7fbbd30811542117fbb4130bf4156dfb41e58ef7 100644 (file)
--- a/httpx/api.py
+++ b/httpx/api.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def request(
 
     ```
     >>> import httpx
-    >>> response = await httpx.request('GET', 'https://httpbin.org/get')
+    >>> response = httpx.request('GET', 'https://httpbin.org/get')
     >>> response
     <Response [200 OK]>
     ```