Partial wave expansion of the Coulomb-distorted plane wave is determined and studied. Dominant and sub-dominant asymptotic expansion terms are given and leading order three-dimensional asymptotic form is derived. The generalized hypergeometric function $_2F_2(a,a;a+l+1,a-l;z)$ is expressed with the help of confluent hypergeometric functions and the asymptotic expansion of $_2F_2(a,a;a+l+1,a-l;z)$ is simplified.