diff --git a/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst b/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst
index e1e92736deac..fd8a67506bf4 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/cpu-topologies.rst
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ As an example, a ``nova.conf`` part of configuration would look like::
    The CPU core #0 has a special meaning in most of the recent Linux kernels.
    This is always highly discouraged to use it for CPU pinning but please
    refrain to have it power managed or you could have surprises if Nova turns
-   it off !
+   it off!
 
 One last important note : you can decide to change the CPU management strategy
 during the compute lifecycle, or you can currently already manage the CPU
diff --git a/nova/conf/compute.py b/nova/conf/compute.py
index de2743d85009..dde79fc86ff5 100644
--- a/nova/conf/compute.py
+++ b/nova/conf/compute.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Related options:
     cfg.MultiOpt('reserved_huge_pages',
         item_type=types.Dict(),
         help="""
-Number of huge/large memory pages to reserved per NUMA host cell.
+Number of huge/large memory pages to reserve per NUMA host cell.
 
 Possible values: