diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-exceptions.rst
index 9250f01b8a0895..7ad9103ca3fdfc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-exceptions.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Exceptions
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.8
 
-      :exc:`CancelledError` is now a subclass of :class:`BaseException`.
+      :exc:`CancelledError` is now a subclass of :class:`BaseException` rather than :class:`Exception`.
 
 
 .. exception:: InvalidStateError