diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
index 9c52b384c22..952ab690f2f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ The event loop is running twice. The
 example to raise an exception if the server is not listening, instead of
 having to write a short coroutine to handle the exception and stop the
 running loop. At :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.run_until_complete` exit, the loop is
-no more running, so there is no need to stop the loop in case of an error.
+no longer running, so there is no need to stop the loop in case of an error.
 
 Echo server
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