diff --git a/docs/topics/architecture.rst b/docs/topics/architecture.rst
index dc03d47e8..b4588652c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/architecture.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/architecture.rst
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ this:
    through Spider Middleware (output direction), and then sends processed
    items to Item Pipelines and processed Requests to the Scheduler.
 
-8. The process repeats (from step 2) until there are no more requests from the
-   Scheduler, and the Engine closes the domain.
+8. The process repeats (from step 1) until there are no more requests from the
+   Scheduler.
 
 Event-driven networking
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