diff --git a/tokio/src/task/mod.rs b/tokio/src/task/mod.rs
index 8b84f2100..e336ec9cf 100644
--- a/tokio/src/task/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/task/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! A _task_ is a light weight, non-blocking unit of execution. A task is similar
 //! to an OS thread, but rather than being managed by the OS scheduler, they are
-//! managed by the [Tokio runtime][rt]. Another name for this general patterh is
+//! managed by the [Tokio runtime][rt]. Another name for this general pattern is
 //! [green threads]. If you are familiar with [Go's goroutines], [Kotlin's
 //! coroutines], or [Erlang's processes], you can think of Tokio's tasks as
 //! something similar.