diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/README.rst b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/README.rst
index c11e343ac3..ccd793ac3f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/README.rst
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/README.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Set the name of the coroutine you want to trace.
 
     export OTEL_PYTHON_ASYNCIO_COROUTINE_NAMES_TO_TRACE=coro_name,coro_name2,coro_name3
 
-If you want to keep track of which function to use in the to_thread function of asyncio, set the name of the function.
+If you want to trace specific blocking functions executed with the ``to_thread`` function of asyncio, set the name of the functions in ``OTEL_PYTHON_ASYNCIO_TO_THREAD_FUNCTION_NAMES_TO_TRACE``.
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 .. code:: bash