diff --git a/tokio/src/io/util/async_read_ext.rs b/tokio/src/io/util/async_read_ext.rs
index df5445c2c65..3201f1dd08d 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/util/async_read_ext.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/util/async_read_ext.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ cfg_io_util! {
         /// #[tokio::main]
         /// async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
         ///     let mut f = File::open("foo.txt").await?;
-        ///     let mut buffer = [0; 10];
+        ///     let len = 10;
+        ///     let mut buffer = vec![0; len];
         ///
         ///     // read exactly 10 bytes
         ///     f.read_exact(&mut buffer).await?;