diff --git a/design/mvp/CanonicalABI.md b/design/mvp/CanonicalABI.md
index 290e8d17..b93363ae 100644
--- a/design/mvp/CanonicalABI.md
+++ b/design/mvp/CanonicalABI.md
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ external I/O. This is emulated in the Python code below by waiting on an
 immediately-resolved future, which calls the `OnBlock` callback, which allows
 control flow to switch to other `asyncio.Task`s.
 ```python
-  async def yield_(self, sync) -> bool:
+  async def yield_(self, sync) -> EventTuple:
     if self.state == Task.State.PENDING_CANCEL:
       self.state = Task.State.CANCEL_DELIVERED
       return (EventCode.TASK_CANCELLED, 0, 0)
diff --git a/design/mvp/canonical-abi/definitions.py b/design/mvp/canonical-abi/definitions.py
index 588d65e6..118c5bd7 100644
--- a/design/mvp/canonical-abi/definitions.py
+++ b/design/mvp/canonical-abi/definitions.py
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ async def wait_for_event(self, waitable_set, sync) -> EventTuple:
       waitable_set.num_waiting -= 1
     return e
 
-  async def yield_(self, sync) -> bool:
+  async def yield_(self, sync) -> EventTuple:
     if self.state == Task.State.PENDING_CANCEL:
       self.state = Task.State.CANCEL_DELIVERED
       return (EventCode.TASK_CANCELLED, 0, 0)