diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index 6325f3d24b5..8a53e39f817 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Run an event loop
 
    Returns running status of event loop.
 
-.. method:: stop()
+.. method:: BaseEventLoop.stop()
 
    Stop running the event loop.