diff --git a/docs/server.rst b/docs/server.rst
index b4d6980..c20adf9 100644
--- a/docs/server.rst
+++ b/docs/server.rst
@@ -969,9 +969,8 @@ Sanic
 ~~~~~
 
 .. note::
-   Due to some backward incompatible changes introduced in recent versions of
-   Sanic, it is currently recommended that a Sanic application is deployed with
-   the ASGI integration.
+   The Sanic integration has not been updated in a long time. It is currently
+   recommended that a Sanic application is deployed with the ASGI integration.
 
 .. _using-a-message-queue:
 
diff --git a/examples/server/sanic/app.py b/examples/server/sanic/app.py
index e10d764..7f02d23 100644
--- a/examples/server/sanic/app.py
+++ b/examples/server/sanic/app.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from sanic.response import html
 import socketio
 
 sio = socketio.AsyncServer(async_mode='sanic')
-app = Sanic(name='sanic_application')
+app = Sanic(__name__)
 sio.attach(app)
 
 
diff --git a/examples/server/sanic/fiddle.py b/examples/server/sanic/fiddle.py
index 8fe4db8..5ecb509 100644
--- a/examples/server/sanic/fiddle.py
+++ b/examples/server/sanic/fiddle.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from sanic.response import html
 import socketio
 
 sio = socketio.AsyncServer(async_mode='sanic')
-app = Sanic()
+app = Sanic(__name__)
 sio.attach(app)
 
 
diff --git a/examples/server/sanic/latency.py b/examples/server/sanic/latency.py
index a231d6e..8f14992 100644
--- a/examples/server/sanic/latency.py
+++ b/examples/server/sanic/latency.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from sanic.response import html
 import socketio
 
 sio = socketio.AsyncServer(async_mode='sanic')
-app = Sanic()
+app = Sanic(__name__)
 sio.attach(app)