#9681: typo.
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index f75858d..1904f57 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 Exceptions raised in the child process, before the new program has started to
 execute, will be re-raised in the parent.  Additionally, the exception object
 will have one extra attribute called :attr:`child_traceback`, which is a string
-containing traceback information from the childs point of view.
+containing traceback information from the child's point of view.
 
 The most common exception raised is :exc:`OSError`.  This occurs, for example,
 when trying to execute a non-existent file.  Applications should prepare for