diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
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@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ Cinder Style Commandments
 Cinder Specific Commandments
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 - [N314] Check for vi editor configuration in source files.
-- [N319] Validate that debug level logs are not translated
+- [N319] Validate that debug level logs are not translated.
 - [N322] Ensure default arguments are not mutable.
 - [N323] Add check for explicit import of _() to ensure proper translation.
-- [N325] str() and unicode() cannot be used on an exception.  Remove or use six.text_type().
+- [N325] str() and unicode() cannot be used on an exception. Remove or use six.text_type().
 - [N328] LOG.info messages require translations `_LI()`.
 - [N329] LOG.exception and LOG.error messages require translations `_LE()`.
 - [N330] LOG.warning messages require translations `_LW()`.
 - [N333] Ensure that oslo namespaces are used for namespaced libraries.
 - [N336] Must use a dict comprehension instead of a dict constructor with a sequence of key-value pairs.
 - [C301] timeutils.utcnow() from oslo_utils should be used instead of datetime.now().
-- [C302] six.text_type should be used instead of unicode
+- [C302] six.text_type should be used instead of unicode.
 - [C303] Ensure that there are no 'print()' statements in code that is being committed.
-- [C304] Enforce no use of LOG.audit messages.  LOG.info should be used instead.
+- [C304] Enforce no use of LOG.audit messages. LOG.info should be used instead.
 - [C305] Prevent use of deprecated contextlib.nested.
 - [C306] timeutils.strtime() must not be used (deprecated).
 - [C307] LOG.warn is deprecated. Enforce use of LOG.warning.