diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
index ca37581..cb0317e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
         message = 'Hello World!'
 
         transport, protocol = await loop.create_connection(
-            lambda: EchoClientProtocol(message, on_con_lost, loop),
+            lambda: EchoClientProtocol(message, on_con_lost),
             '127.0.0.1', 8888)
 
         # Wait until the protocol signals that the connection
@@ -870,8 +870,8 @@
     class EchoClientProtocol:
         def __init__(self, message, on_con_lost):
             self.message = message
-            self.transport = None
             self.on_con_lost = on_con_lost
+            self.transport = None
 
         def connection_made(self, transport):
             self.transport = transport
@@ -927,9 +927,9 @@
 
     class MyProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
 
-        def __init__(self, loop):
+        def __init__(self, on_con_lost):
             self.transport = None
-            self.on_con_lost = loop.create_future()
+            self.on_con_lost = on_con_lost
 
         def connection_made(self, transport):
             self.transport = transport
@@ -950,13 +950,14 @@
         # Get a reference to the event loop as we plan to use
         # low-level APIs.
         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        on_con_lost = loop.create_future()
 
         # Create a pair of connected sockets
         rsock, wsock = socket.socketpair()
 
         # Register the socket to wait for data.
         transport, protocol = await loop.create_connection(
-            lambda: MyProtocol(loop), sock=rsock)
+            lambda: MyProtocol(on_con_lost), sock=rsock)
 
         # Simulate the reception of data from the network.
         loop.call_soon(wsock.send, 'abc'.encode())