diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index 3ee9939192c..ca8055bd162 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ SendfileNotAvailableError
 
    Sendfile syscall is not available, subclass of :exc:`RuntimeError`.
 
-   Raised if the OS does not support senfile syscall for
+   Raised if the OS does not support sendfile syscall for
    given socket or file type.
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/events.py b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
index fcca5d4cb34..40946bbf652 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from . import format_helpers
 class SendfileNotAvailableError(RuntimeError):
     """Sendfile syscall is not available.
 
-    Raised if OS does not support senfile syscall for given socket or
+    Raised if OS does not support sendfile syscall for given socket or
     file type.
     """