diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index eb51c704cea..c638f1263fd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ Running in Threads
    Asynchronously run function *func* in a separate thread.
 
    Any \*args and \*\*kwargs supplied for this function are directly passed
-   to *func*. Also, the current :class:`contextvars.Context` is propogated,
+   to *func*. Also, the current :class:`contextvars.Context` is propagated,
    allowing context variables from the event loop thread to be accessed in the
    separate thread.