diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index ba2cc12a8a754b..2b480d4be3fb21 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ Task functions
    +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
 
    Unlike :func:`~asyncio.wait_for`, ``wait()`` will not cancel the futures
-   when a timeout accurs.
+   when a timeout occurs.
 
    This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.