diff --git a/aspnetcore/grpc/health-checks.md b/aspnetcore/grpc/health-checks.md
index bbdc34b673..426bd4e91e 100644
--- a/aspnetcore/grpc/health-checks.md
+++ b/aspnetcore/grpc/health-checks.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The [`Grpc.HealthCheck`](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Grpc.HealthCheck) packag
 var channel = GrpcChannel.ForAddress("https://localhost:5001");
 var client = new Health.HealthClient(channel);
 
-var response = client.CheckAsync(new HealthCheckRequest());
+var response = await client.CheckAsync(new HealthCheckRequest());
 var status = response.Status;
 ```