diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
index ffac9018127..816ddcd03b0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ loop.subprocess_exec() and SubprocessProtocol
 An example of a subprocess protocol used to get the output of a
 subprocess and to wait for the subprocess exit.
 
-The subprocess is created by th :meth:`loop.subprocess_exec` method::
+The subprocess is created by the :meth:`loop.subprocess_exec` method::
 
     import asyncio
     import sys