diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncore.rst b/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
index 7edf612..eca4d1b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@
            self.buffer = self.buffer[sent:]
 
 
-    client = HTTPClient('www.python.org', '/')
-    asyncore.loop()
+   client = HTTPClient('www.python.org', '/')
+   asyncore.loop()
 
 .. _asyncore-example-2: