diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index a23be64ec39a81..7b4c3c7682fe04 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ Watching file descriptors
 
 .. method:: loop.remove_reader(fd)
 
-   Stop monitoring the *fd* file descriptor for read availability.
+   Stop monitoring the *fd* file descriptor for read availability. Returns
+   ``True`` if *fd* was previously being monitored for reads.
 
 .. method:: loop.add_writer(fd, callback, *args)
 
@@ -871,7 +872,8 @@ Watching file descriptors
 
 .. method:: loop.remove_writer(fd)
 
-   Stop monitoring the *fd* file descriptor for write availability.
+   Stop monitoring the *fd* file descriptor for write availability. Returns
+   ``True`` if *fd* was previously being monitored for writes.
 
 See also :ref:`Platform Support <asyncio-platform-support>` section
 for some limitations of these methods.