diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
index 9dbd3ab46a3..8b67f4b8957 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ factories passed to the :meth:`loop.create_datagram_endpoint` method.
 Subprocess Protocols
 --------------------
 
-Datagram Protocol instances should be constructed by protocol
+Subprocess Protocol instances should be constructed by protocol
 factories passed to the :meth:`loop.subprocess_exec` and
 :meth:`loop.subprocess_shell` methods.