diff --git a/doc/install-guide/section_glance-verify.xml b/doc/install-guide/section_glance-verify.xml
index 9d98000ea0..76c7d78104 100644
--- a/doc/install-guide/section_glance-verify.xml
+++ b/doc/install-guide/section_glance-verify.xml
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
                             is currently required, it is not actually
                             used by any of the OpenStack services and
                             has no effect on system behavior. Because
-                            the value is not used anywhere, it safe to
-                            always specify <literal>bare</literal> as
-                            the container format.</para>
+                            the value is not used anywhere, it is safe
+                            to always specify <literal>bare</literal>
+                            as the container format.</para>
                     </listitem>
                 </varlistentry>
                 <varlistentry>