diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst
index f3409bcd2df648..713b40d746680a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ generator can occur in an unexpected order::
       try:
           yield 2
       finally:
-          await asyncio.sleep(0.1) # immitate some async work
+          await asyncio.sleep(0.1) # imitate some async work
           work_done = True