diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst
index 12fd779d07..dc46f78e96 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_async.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ run the task asynchronously by specifying a poll value of 0::
    Using a higher value for ``--forks`` will result in kicking off asynchronous
    tasks even faster.  This also increases the efficiency of polling.
 
-If you would like to perform a task asynchroniusly and check on it later you can perform a task similar to the
+If you would like to perform a task asynchronously and check on it later you can perform a task similar to the
 following::
 
       ---