diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-policy.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-policy.rst
index cab2593..07842da 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-policy.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-policy.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
    .. method:: set_child_watcher(watcher)
 
-      Get the current child process watcher to *watcher*.
+      Set the current child process watcher to *watcher*.
 
       This function is Unix specific.