diff --git a/tokio-tcp/src/listener.rs b/tokio-tcp/src/listener.rs
index 41be8245d..479f82c9c 100644
--- a/tokio-tcp/src/listener.rs
+++ b/tokio-tcp/src/listener.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl TcpListener {
     /// Attempt to accept a connection and create a new connected `TcpStream` if
     /// successful.
     ///
-    /// This function is the asme as `accept` above except that it returns a
+    /// This function is the same as `accept` above except that it returns a
     /// `std::net::TcpStream` instead of a `tokio::net::TcpStream`. This in turn
     /// can then allow for the TCP stream to be assoiated with a different
     /// reactor than the one this `TcpListener` is associated with.