diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/oneshot.rs b/tokio/src/sync/oneshot.rs
index 7f9571c90..9603081b9 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/oneshot.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/oneshot.rs
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ impl<T> Sender<T> {
     /// not be sent.
     ///
     /// This method consumes `self` as only one value may ever be sent on a `oneshot`
-    /// channel. It is not marked async because sending a message to an `oneshot`
+    /// channel. It is not marked async because sending a message to a `oneshot`
     /// channel never requires any form of waiting.  Because of this, the `send`
     /// method can be used in both synchronous and asynchronous code without
     /// problems.