diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py
index 5e0692e..c37f0e1 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py
@@ -729,6 +729,13 @@
     the outer Future is *not* cancelled in this case.  (This is to
     prevent the cancellation of one child to cause other children to
     be cancelled.)
+
+    If *return_exceptions* is False, cancelling gather() after it
+    has been marked done won't cancel any submitted awaitables.
+    For instance, gather can be marked done after propagating an
+    exception to the caller, therefore, calling ``gather.cancel()``
+    after catching an exception (raised by one of the awaitables) from
+    gather won't cancel any other awaitables.
     """
     if not coros_or_futures:
         if loop is None: