diff --git a/tfjs-data/src/readers.ts b/tfjs-data/src/readers.ts
index ed93a55577c..070874c4f5a 100644
--- a/tfjs-data/src/readers.ts
+++ b/tfjs-data/src/readers.ts
@@ -140,14 +140,12 @@ export function func<T extends TensorContainer>(
 
 /**
  * Create a `Dataset` that produces each element from provided JavaScript
- * generator, which is a function*
- * (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Iterators_and_Generators#Generator_functions),
- * or a function that returns an
- * iterator
- * (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Iterators_and_Generators#Generator_functions).
+ * generator, which is a function that returns a (potentially async) iterator.
  *
- * The returned iterator should have `.next()` function that returns element in
- * format of `{value: TensorContainer, done:boolean}`.
+ * For more information on iterators and generators, see
+ * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Iterators_and_Generators .
+ * For the iterator protocol, see
+ * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols .
  *
  * Example of creating a dataset from an iterator factory:
  * ```js
@@ -188,8 +186,8 @@ export function func<T extends TensorContainer>(
  * await ds.forEachAsync(e => console.log(e));
  * ```
  *
- * @param generator A JavaScript generator function that returns a JavaScript
- *     iterator.
+ * @param generator A JavaScript function that returns
+ *     a (potentially async) JavaScript iterator.
  *
  * @doc {
  *   heading: 'Data',
@@ -199,7 +197,8 @@ export function func<T extends TensorContainer>(
  *  }
  */
 export function generator<T extends TensorContainer>(
-    generator: () => Iterator<T>| Promise<Iterator<T>>): Dataset<T> {
+  generator: () => Iterator<T> | Promise<Iterator<T>> | AsyncIterator<T>,
+): Dataset<T> {
   return datasetFromIteratorFn(async () => {
     const gen = await generator();
     return iteratorFromFunction(() => gen.next());
diff --git a/tfjs-data/src/readers_test.ts b/tfjs-data/src/readers_test.ts
index 740ef2d6cbb..4a4bdb6306c 100644
--- a/tfjs-data/src/readers_test.ts
+++ b/tfjs-data/src/readers_test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ describeAllEnvs('readers', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
   });
 
+  it('generate dataset from async generator', async () => {
+    async function* dataGenerator() {
+      const numElements = 5;
+      let index = 0;
+      while (index < numElements) {
+        const x = index;
+        index++;
+        yield x;
+      }
+    }
+    const ds = tfd.generator(dataGenerator);
+    const result = await ds.toArrayForTest();
+    expect(result).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+  });
+
   it('generate multiple datasets from JavaScript generator', async () => {
     function* dataGenerator() {
       const numElements = 5;