diff --git a/charmhelpers/contrib/charmsupport/nrpe.py b/charmhelpers/contrib/charmsupport/nrpe.py
index 10d86ac..f59fdd6 100644
--- a/charmhelpers/contrib/charmsupport/nrpe.py
+++ b/charmhelpers/contrib/charmsupport/nrpe.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class NRPE(object):
 
         # update-status hooks are configured to firing every 5 minutes by
         # default. When nagios-nrpe-server is restarted, the nagios server
-        # reports checks failing causing unneccessary alerts. Let's not restart
+        # reports checks failing causing unnecessary alerts. Let's not restart
         # on update-status hooks.
         if not hook_name() == 'update-status':
             service('restart', 'nagios-nrpe-server')
diff --git a/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/ha/utils.py b/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/ha/utils.py
index 01c0010..718c6d6 100644
--- a/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/ha/utils.py
+++ b/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/ha/utils.py
@@ -250,6 +250,27 @@ def update_hacluster_dns_ha(service, relation_data,
         raise DNSHAException(msg)
 
 
+def get_vip_settings(vip):
+    """Calculate which nic is on the correct network for the given vip.
+
+    If nic or netmask discovery fail then fallback to using charm supplied
+    config. If fallback is used this is indicated via the fallback variable.
+
+    @param vip: VIP to lookup nic and cidr for.
+    @returns (str, str, bool): eg (iface, netmask, fallback)
+    """
+    iface = get_iface_for_address(vip)
+    netmask = get_netmask_for_address(vip)
+    fallback = False
+    if iface is None:
+        iface = config('vip_iface')
+        fallback = True
+    if netmask is None:
+        netmask = config('vip_cidr')
+        fallback = True
+    return iface, netmask, fallback
+
+
 def update_hacluster_vip(service, relation_data):
     """ Configure VIP resources based on provided configuration
 
@@ -267,17 +288,9 @@ def update_hacluster_vip(service, relation_data):
             res_vip = 'ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2'
             vip_params = 'ip'
 
-        iface = get_iface_for_address(vip)
-        netmask = get_netmask_for_address(vip)
-
-        fallback_params = False
-        if iface is None:
-            iface = config('vip_iface')
-            fallback_params = True
-        if netmask is None:
-            netmask = config('vip_cidr')
-            fallback_params = True
+        iface, netmask, fallback = get_vip_settings(vip)
 
+        vip_monitoring = 'op monitor depth="0" timeout="20s" interval="10s"'
         if iface is not None:
             # NOTE(jamespage): Delete old VIP resources
             # Old style naming encoding iface in name
@@ -296,14 +309,15 @@ def update_hacluster_vip(service, relation_data):
             # NOTE(jamespage):
             # Use option provided vip params if these where used
             # instead of auto-detected values
-            if fallback_params:
+            if fallback:
                 relation_data['resource_params'][vip_key] = (
                     'params {ip}="{vip}" cidr_netmask="{netmask}" '
-                    'nic="{iface}"'.format(ip=vip_params,
-                                           vip=vip,
-                                           iface=iface,
-                                           netmask=netmask)
-                )
+                    'nic="{iface}" {vip_monitoring}'.format(
+                        ip=vip_params,
+                        vip=vip,
+                        iface=iface,
+                        netmask=netmask,
+                        vip_monitoring=vip_monitoring))
             else:
                 # NOTE(jamespage):
                 # let heartbeat figure out which interface and
@@ -311,8 +325,10 @@ def update_hacluster_vip(service, relation_data):
                 # when network interface naming is not
                 # consistent across units.
                 relation_data['resource_params'][vip_key] = (
-                    'params {ip}="{vip}"'.format(ip=vip_params,
-                                                 vip=vip))
+                    'params {ip}="{vip}" {vip_monitoring}'.format(
+                        ip=vip_params,
+                        vip=vip,
+                        vip_monitoring=vip_monitoring))
 
             vip_group.append(vip_key)