diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index e7f668cf075..500b3cb44c5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Server Objects
 
 .. method:: BaseServer.service_actions()
 
-   This is called in the :meth:`serve_forever` loop. This method is can be
+   This is called in the :meth:`serve_forever` loop. This method can be
    overridden by subclasses or mixin classes to perform actions specific to
    a given service, such as cleanup actions.