diff --git a/doc/image-guide/ch_openstack_images.xml b/doc/image-guide/ch_openstack_images.xml
index 51d9a39928..fb3d5c9a70 100644
--- a/doc/image-guide/ch_openstack_images.xml
+++ b/doc/image-guide/ch_openstack_images.xml
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
                 key</title>
             <para>If you are unable or unwilling to install cloud-init
                 inside the guest, you can write a custom script to
-                fetch the public and add it to a user account.</para>
+                fetch the public key and add it to a user account.</para>
             <para>To fetch the ssh public key and add it to the root
                 account, edit the <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>
                 file and add the following lines before the line
@@ -357,16 +357,15 @@ done</programlisting>
     <section xml:id="metadata">
         <title>Process user data and other metadata
             (cloud-init)</title>
-        <para>In additional the ssh public key, an image may need to
+        <para>In addition to the ssh public key, an image may need to
             retrieve additional information from OpenStack, such as
                 <link
                 xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/user-data.html"
                 >user data</link> that the user submitted when
             requesting the image. For example, you might want to set the
-            host name of the instance to name given to the instance
-            when it is booted. Or, you might wish to configure your
-            image so that it executes user data content as a script on
-            boot.</para>
+            host name of the instance when it is booted. Or, you might
+            wish to configure your image so that it executes user data
+            content as a script on boot.</para>
         <para>This information is accessible through the metadata service
             or the <link
                 xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/config-drive.html"