diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index c633720..07becb8 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Context Manager
 
 Either the Client or AsyncClient can be used as a ContextManager (or Async Context Manager)
 
-.. code-block:: pythong
+.. code-block:: python
 
     from healthchecks_io import AsyncClient, CheckCreate
 
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Pinging a Check
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. code-block:: python
+
     from healthchecks_io import Client
 
     client = Client(api_key="myapikey")
diff --git a/src/healthchecks_io/client/check_trap.py b/src/healthchecks_io/client/check_trap.py
index bb04879..89bb040 100644
--- a/src/healthchecks_io/client/check_trap.py
+++ b/src/healthchecks_io/client/check_trap.py
@@ -153,13 +153,14 @@ class CheckTrap:
             Optional[bool]: self.suppress_exceptions, if true will not raise any exceptions
         """
         if exc_type is None:
-            await self.client.success_ping(
+            # ignore typing, if we've gotten here we know its an async client
+            await self.client.success_ping(  # type: ignore
                 self.uuid, self.slug, data="\n".join(self.log_lines)
             )
         else:
             self.add_log(str(exc))
             self.add_log(str(traceback))
-            await self.client.fail_ping(
+            await self.client.fail_ping(  # type: ignore
                 self.uuid, self.slug, data="\n".join(self.log_lines)
             )
         return self.suppress_exceptions