diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
index 19d713545e4..f34a5b4b443 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class _UnixSelectorEventLoop(selector_events.BaseSelectorEventLoop):
 
         try:
             # Register a dummy signal handler to ask Python to write the signal
-            # number in the wakup file descriptor. _process_self_data() will
+            # number in the wakeup file descriptor. _process_self_data() will
             # read signal numbers from this file descriptor to handle signals.
             signal.signal(sig, _sighandler_noop)