diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_common.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_common.py
index c696de13d5f9..15330c16bd79 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_common.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/test_common.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class SortParamUtilsTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(['desc'], sort_dirs)
 
     def test_get_sort_params_override_defaults(self):
-        '''Verifies that the defaults can be overriden.'''
+        '''Verifies that the defaults can be overridden.'''
         sort_keys, sort_dirs = common.get_sort_params({}, default_key='key1',
                                                       default_dir='dir1')
         self.assertEqual(['key1'], sort_keys)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/network/test_network_info.py b/nova/tests/unit/network/test_network_info.py
index 0beea4744d5f..f7c80d58a4c4 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/network/test_network_info.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/network/test_network_info.py
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ iface eth0 inet static
         template = self._setup_injected_network_scenario(dns=False)
         self.assertEqual(expected, template)
 
-    def test_injection_static_overriden_template(self):
+    def test_injection_static_overridden_template(self):
         cfg.CONF.set_override(
             'injected_network_template',
             'nova/tests/unit/network/interfaces-override.template')
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py b/nova/tests/unit/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py
index af130a411250..85873ca9bc51 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class IronicHostManagerTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
         # for ironic compute nodes we always return an empty dict
         self.assertEqual({}, rv)
-        # base class implementation is overriden and not called
+        # base class implementation is overridden and not called
         self.assertFalse(mock_get_instance_info.called)
 
     @mock.patch.object(host_manager.HostManager, '_get_instance_info')