diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py
index 614d444b..d892bad9 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/context.py
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ class SubordinateConfigContext(OSContextGenerator):
 
     The subordinate interface allows subordinates to export their
     configuration requirements to the principle for multiple config
-    files and multiple serivces.  Ie, a subordinate that has interfaces
+    files and multiple services.  Ie, a subordinate that has interfaces
     to both glance and nova may export to following yaml blob as json::
 
         glance:
diff --git a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py
index dd24f9ec..d25587ad 100644
--- a/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py
+++ b/hooks/charmhelpers/fetch/archiveurl.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ArchiveUrlFetchHandler(BaseFetchHandler):
         :param str source: URL pointing to an archive file.
         :param str dest: Local path location to download archive file to.
         """
-        # propogate all exceptions
+        # propagate all exceptions
         # URLError, OSError, etc
         proto, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse(source)
         if proto in ('http', 'https'):