diff --git a/nova/tests/fixtures.py b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
index 7161fb69643c..df29187f289e 100644
--- a/nova/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/nova/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ class OSAPIFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
     """Create an OS API server as a fixture.
 
     This spawns an OS API server as a fixture in a new greenthread in
-    the current test. The fixture has a .api paramenter with is a
+    the current test. The fixture has a .api parameter with is a
     simple rest client that can communicate with it.
 
     This fixture is extremely useful for testing REST responses
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
index ff4d690ec37c..baffea46655a 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/guest.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class Guest(object):
         else:
             if params:
                 if migrate_uri:
-                    # In migrateToURI3 this paramenter is searched in
+                    # In migrateToURI3 this parameter is searched in
                     # the `params` dict
                     params['migrate_uri'] = migrate_uri
                 self._domain.migrateToURI3(