diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst
index 3051fde..7f6e953 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloops.rst
@@ -176,12 +176,15 @@
       Get the event loop for the current context.
 
       Returns an event loop object implementing the :class:`AbstractEventLoop`
-      interface.
+      interface. In case called from coroutine, it returns the currently
+      running event loop.
 
       Raises an exception in case no event loop has been set for the current
       context and the current policy does not specify to create one. It must
       never return ``None``.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+
    .. method:: set_event_loop(loop)
 
       Set the event loop for the current context to *loop*.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index c4b6395..cb8c53a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
 (all backported to 3.5.x due to the provisional status):
 
 * The :func:`~asyncio.get_event_loop` function has been changed to
-  always return the currently running loop when called from couroutines
+  always return the currently running loop when called from coroutines
   and callbacks.
   (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`28613`.)