diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst
index 18da188..e3f18cc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   argument; use the :func:`asyncio.wait_for` function to perform
   operations with timeouts.
 
-asyncio has the following basic sychronization primitives:
+asyncio has the following basic synchronization primitives:
 
 * :class:`Lock`
 * :class:`Event`