diff --git a/examples/examples/echo.rs b/examples/examples/echo.rs
index e26ebc0ae6..3edd63cef4 100644
--- a/examples/examples/echo.rs
+++ b/examples/examples/echo.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
                 info!(message = "echo'd data", %peer_addr, size = n);
             }
         })
-        .instrument(info_span!("echo", %peer_addr));
+        .instrument(info_span!("echo", %peer_addr))
+        .await?;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tracing/src/instrument.rs b/tracing/src/instrument.rs
index d90fa936a7..d1070ba8e2 100644
--- a/tracing/src/instrument.rs
+++ b/tracing/src/instrument.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ pub trait WithSubscriber: Sized {
 pin_project! {
     /// A future that has been instrumented with a `tracing` subscriber.
     #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless you `.await` or poll them"]
     pub struct WithDispatch<T> {
         #[pin]
         inner: T,
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ pin_project! {
 pin_project! {
     /// A future that has been instrumented with a `tracing` span.
     #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+    #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless you `.await` or poll them"]
     pub struct Instrumented<T> {
         #[pin]
         inner: T,