diff --git a/src/viam/components/servo/servo.py b/src/viam/components/servo/servo.py
index 8c8621a56..453cf1c30 100644
--- a/src/viam/components/servo/servo.py
+++ b/src/viam/components/servo/servo.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async def is_moving(self) -> bool:
 
             my_servo = Servo.from_robot(robot=robot, name="my_servo")
 
-            print(my_servo.is_moving())
+            print(await my_servo.is_moving())
 
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/src/viam/resource/base.py b/src/viam/resource/base.py
index 100e483c0..06950048b 100644
--- a/src/viam/resource/base.py
+++ b/src/viam/resource/base.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async def do_command(
         ::
 
             command = {"cmd": "test", "data1": 500}
-            result = component.do(command)
+            result = await component.do_command(command)
 
         Args:
             command (Mapping[str, ValueTypes]): The command to execute