diff --git a/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml b/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml
index 8cf1922b77..cad0972e0a 100644
--- a/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml
+++ b/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export OS_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:5000/v2.0</programlisting>
 | subnets                   |                                      |
 | tenant_id                 | 3671f46ec35e4bbca6ef92ab7975e463     |
 +---------------------------+--------------------------------------+</computeroutput></screen>
-                <para>Just as shown previous, the unknown option
+                <para>Just as shown previously, the unknown option
                         <literal>--provider:network-type</literal> is
                     used to create a <literal>local</literal> provider
                     network.</para>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export OS_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:5000/v2.0</programlisting>
 | tenant_id            | 3671f46ec35e4bbca6ef92ab7975e463                                                   |
 +----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+</computeroutput></screen>
                 <para>We can see that the system will allocate one IP
-                    address if we don't specify the IP address in
+                    address if we do not specify the IP address in
                     command line.</para>
             </step>
             <step>
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/section_cli_heat.xml b/doc/user-guide/section_cli_heat.xml
index 30d4068836..98050e6cee 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/section_cli_heat.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/section_cli_heat.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
             <listitem>
                 <para>A series of events is generated during the
                     life-cycle of a stack.</para>
-                <para>To display life-cycle events, run::</para>
+                <para>To display life-cycle events, run:</para>
                 <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>heat event-list mystack</userinput>
 <computeroutput>+---------------------+----+------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+
 | logical_resource_id | id | resource_status_reason | resource_status | event_time           |
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_image.xml b/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_image.xml
index 05a918fb58..1dfc05ce6a 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_image.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_image.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                     <guibutton>Launch</guibutton>.</para>
         </step>
         <step>
-            <para>In the <guilabel>Launch Image</guilabel> window,
+            <para>In the <guilabel>Launch Instance</guilabel> window,
                 specify the following values:</para>
             <informaltable rules="all">
                 <col width="30%"/>