An aqueous coating composition comprising: (A) an emulsion polymer comprising, based on the weight of the emulsion polymer, from 5% to 28% by weight of structural units of a cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate, from 0.05% to 10% by weight of structural units of a phosphorous acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof, from zero to 10% by weight of an additional ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixture thereof, and structural units of an additional monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; (B) an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof, wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid has the structure selected from of formula (I), (II), or combinations thereof: HOOC-R 1 -COOH (I) R 2 -COOH (II) where R 1 is an alkylene group containing 2 to 16 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group containing more than 8 carbon atoms to 16 carbon atoms, and R 2 is an alkylene group containing 3 to 17 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group containing more than 8 carbon atoms to 17 carbon atoms; wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid, the salt thereof, or mixtures thereof are present in an amount to provide -OOC-R 1 -COO- and/or R 2 -COO- segments at a concentration of greater than 0.29% to less than 0.7% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition; and (C) from 2.6% to 10% by weight of an anticorrosive pigment, based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition. (A) an emulsion polymer comprising, based on the weight of the emulsion polymer, from 5% to 28% by weight of structural units of a cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate, from 0.05% to 10% by weight of structural units of a phosphorous acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof, from zero to 10% by weight of an additional ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixture thereof, and structural units of an additional monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; from 5% to 28% by weight of structural units of a cycloalkyl (meth)acrylate, from 0.05% to 10% by weight of structural units of a phosphorous acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof, from zero to 10% by weight of an additional ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixture thereof, and structural units of an additional monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; (B) an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof, wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid has the structure selected from of formula (I), (II), or combinations thereof: HOOC-R 1 -COOH (I) R 2 -COOH (II) where R 1 is an alkylene group containing 2 to 16 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group containing more than 8 carbon atoms to 16 carbon atoms, and R 2 is an alkylene group containing 3 to 17 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group containing more than 8 carbon atoms to 17 carbon atoms; wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid, the salt thereof, or mixtures thereof are present in an amount to provide -OOC-R 1 -COO- and/or R 2 -COO- segments at a concentration of greater than 0.29% to less than 0.7% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition; and where R 1 is an alkylene group containing 2 to 16 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group containing more than 8 carbon atoms to 16 carbon atoms, and R 2 is an alkylene group containing 3 to 17 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group containing more than 8 carbon atoms to 17 carbon atoms; wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid, the salt thereof, or mixtures thereof are present in an amount to provide -OOC-R 1 -COO- and/or R 2 -COO- segments at a concentration of greater than 0.29% to less than 0.7% by weight, based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition; and (C) from 2.6% to 10% by weight of an anticorrosive pigment, based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition. <EOS>