diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst
index 1b8203047af..3c9e3cbdb5e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-subprocess.rst
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Process
    :func:`create_subprocess_shell` function.
 
    The API of the :class:`~asyncio.subprocess.Process` class was designed to be
-   closed the API of the :class:`subprocess.Popen` class, but they are some
+   close to the API of the :class:`subprocess.Popen` class, but there are some
    differences:
 
    * There is no explicit :meth:`~subprocess.Popen.poll` method