diff --git a/glance/api/v1/images.py b/glance/api/v1/images.py
index 16a6f4932d..7fc4db2fa3 100644
--- a/glance/api/v1/images.py
+++ b/glance/api/v1/images.py
@@ -673,9 +673,9 @@ class Controller(controller.BaseController):
                             image_size_store != image_size_meta):
                         msg = _("Provided image size must match the stored "
                                 "image size. (provided size: %(ps)d, "
-                                "stored size: %(ss)d)" %
-                                {"ps": image_size_meta,
-                                 "ss": image_size_store})
+                                "stored size: %(ss)d)") % {
+                                    "ps": image_size_meta,
+                                    "ss": image_size_store}
                         LOG.debug(msg)
                         raise HTTPConflict(explanation=msg,
                                            request=req,
diff --git a/glance/common/property_utils.py b/glance/common/property_utils.py
index dfea56f5df..be0dadcf09 100644
--- a/glance/common/property_utils.py
+++ b/glance/common/property_utils.py
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ class PropertyRules(object):
             raise exception.InvalidPropertyProtectionConfiguration()
 
         if self.prop_prot_rule_format not in ['policies', 'roles']:
-            msg = _("Invalid value '%s' for 'property_protection_rule_format'"
-                    ". The permitted values are 'roles' and 'policies'" %
-                    self.prop_prot_rule_format)
+            msg = _("Invalid value '%s' for "
+                    "'property_protection_rule_format'. "
+                    "The permitted values are "
+                    "'roles' and 'policies'") % self.prop_prot_rule_format
             LOG.error(msg)
             raise exception.InvalidPropertyProtectionConfiguration()
 
@@ -93,11 +94,11 @@ class PropertyRules(object):
                 if permissions:
                     if self.prop_prot_rule_format == 'policies':
                         if ',' in permissions:
-                            msg = _("Multiple policies '%s' not allowed for a"
-                                    " given operation. Policies can be "
-                                    "combined in the policy file" %
-                                    permissions)
-                            LOG.error(msg)
+                            LOG.error(
+                                _("Multiple policies '%s' not allowed"
+                                  "for a given operation. Policies can be "
+                                  "combined in the policy file"),
+                                permissions)
                             raise exception.\
                                 InvalidPropertyProtectionConfiguration()
                         self.prop_exp_mapping[compiled_rule] = property_exp
@@ -110,11 +111,10 @@ class PropertyRules(object):
                     property_dict[operation] = permissions
                 else:
                     property_dict[operation] = []
-                    msg = _(('Property protection on operation %s for rule '
-                            '%s is not found. No role will be allowed to '
-                            'perform this operation.' %
-                            (operation, property_exp)))
-                    LOG.warn(msg)
+                    LOG.warn(
+                        _('Property protection on operation %s for rule '
+                          '%s is not found. No role will be allowed to '
+                          'perform this operation.'), operation, property_exp)
 
             self.rules.append((compiled_rule, property_dict))
 
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ class PropertyRules(object):
                 rule_roles = rule.get(action)
                 if rule_roles:
                     if '@' in rule_roles and '!' in rule_roles:
-                        msg = _("Malformed property protection rule '%s': '@' "
-                                "and '!' are mutually exclusive"
-                                % property_name)
+                        msg = _(
+                            "Malformed property protection rule '%s': '@' "
+                            "and '!' are mutually exclusive") % property_name
                         LOG.error(msg)
                         raise webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(msg)
                     elif '@' in rule_roles:
diff --git a/glance/db/__init__.py b/glance/db/__init__.py
index 2eb1ef98f6..891a805330 100644
--- a/glance/db/__init__.py
+++ b/glance/db/__init__.py
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ class ImageMemberRepo(object):
             pass
         else:
             msg = _('The target member %(member_id)s is already '
-                    'associated with image %(image_id)s.' %
-                    dict(member_id=image_member.member_id,
-                         image_id=self.image.image_id))
+                    'associated with image %(image_id)s.') % {
+                        'member_id': image_member.member_id,
+                        'image_id': self.image.image_id}
             raise exception.Duplicate(msg)
 
         image_member_values = self._format_image_member_to_db(image_member)
diff --git a/glance/store/swift.py b/glance/store/swift.py
index 450dbf143a..f51ffed269 100644
--- a/glance/store/swift.py
+++ b/glance/store/swift.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class BaseStore(glance.store.base.Store):
                     resp_chunk_size=self.CHUNKSIZE)
         except swiftclient.ClientException as e:
             if e.http_status == httplib.NOT_FOUND:
-                msg = _("Swift could not find object %s." % location.obj)
+                msg = _("Swift could not find object %s.") % location.obj
                 LOG.warn(msg)
                 raise exception.NotFound(msg)
             else:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 50c59d25e4..4932149d1c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ commands = {posargs}
 # H306  imports not in alphabetical order
 # H402  one line docstring needs punctuation.
 # H404  multi line docstring should start with a summary
-# H701  Empty localisation string
-# H702  Formatting operation should be outside of localization
 # H703  multiple positional placeholders
-ignore = E125,E126,E711,E712,F811,F821,F841,H102,H201,H202,H233,H301,H302,H306,H402,H404,H701,H702,H703
+ignore = E125,E126,E711,E712,F811,F821,F841,H102,H201,H202,H233,H301,H302,H306,H402,H404,H703
 builtins = _
 exclude = .venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,etc,*glance/locale*,*openstack/common*,*lib/python*,*egg,build