diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96da841..d38d75e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ races!
 Here's a small service.
 
 ```rust
-#![feature(arbitrary_self_types, await_macro, async_await, proc_macro_hygiene)]
+#![feature(arbitrary_self_types, async_await, proc_macro_hygiene)]
 
 
 use futures::{
@@ -103,17 +103,17 @@ async fn run() -> io::Result<()> {
 
     tokio_executor::spawn(server.unit_error().boxed().compat());
 
-    let transport = await!(bincode_transport::connect(&addr))?;
+    let transport = bincode_transport::connect(&addr).await?;
 
     // new_stub is generated by the service! macro. Like Server, it takes a config and any
     // Transport as input, and returns a Client, also generated by the macro.
     // by the service mcro.
-    let mut client = await!(new_stub(client::Config::default(), transport))?;
+    let mut client = new_stub(client::Config::default(), transport).await?;
 
     // The client has an RPC method for each RPC defined in service!. It takes the same args
     // as defined, with the addition of a Context, which is always the first arg. The Context
     // specifies a deadline and trace information which can be helpful in debugging requests.
-    let hello = await!(client.hello(context::current(), "Stim".to_string()))?;
+    let hello = client.hello(context::current(), "Stim".to_string()).await?;
 
     println!("{}", hello);