[Python-checkins] [doc] Remove mention of async and await as soft keywords (GH-22144)

[Andre Delfino]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8adf8d1ec45fe0d87e2312a13a3ec0b8ab03fea1
commit: 8adf8d1ec45fe0d87e2312a13a3ec0b8ab03fea1
branch: master
author: Andre Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020-10-12T14:52:30+01:00
summary:

[doc] Remove mention of async and await as soft keywords (GH-22144)

files:
M Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 04a3948d0c9dc..62986cb151964 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -768,10 +768,8 @@ Coroutine function definition
    keyword: await
 
 Execution of Python coroutines can be suspended and resumed at many points
-(see :term:`coroutine`).  Inside the body of a coroutine function, ``await`` and
-``async`` identifiers become reserved keywords; :keyword:`await` expressions,
-:keyword:`async for` and :keyword:`async with` can only be used in
-coroutine function bodies.
+(see :term:`coroutine`). :keyword:`await` expressions, :keyword:`async for` and
+:keyword:`async with` can only be used in the body of a coroutine function.
 
 Functions defined with ``async def`` syntax are always coroutine functions,
 even if they do not contain ``await`` or ``async`` keywords.
@@ -785,6 +783,9 @@ An example of a coroutine function::
         do_stuff()
         await some_coroutine()
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.7
+   ``await`` and ``async`` are now keywords; previously they were only
+   treated as such inside the body of a coroutine function.
 
 .. index:: statement: async for
 .. _`async for`: