diff --git a/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_block-storage-overview.xml b/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_block-storage-overview.xml
index df121cebe6..2e1971d5f6 100644
--- a/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_block-storage-overview.xml
+++ b/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_block-storage-overview.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 back-end devices themselves.</para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
-            <para><systemitem class="service">cinder-backup</systemitem>
+            <para><systemitem class="service">cinder-backup</systemitem>.
                 Provides a means to back up a Block Storage Volume
                 to OpenStack Object Store (SWIFT).</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem>
                     <para>The number of volumes that can be
-                        created</para>
+                        created.</para>
                 </listitem>
                 <listitem>
                     <para>The number of snapshots that can be
-                        created</para>
+                        created.</para>
                 </listitem>
                 <listitem>
                     <para>The total number of GBs allowed per tenant
-                        (shared between snapshots and volumes)</para>
+                        (shared between snapshots and volumes).</para>
                 </listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
             <para>You can revise the default quota values with the cinder CLI, so the limits placed by quotas are editable by admin users.</para>
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
             <para><emphasis role="bold">Volumes, Snapshots, and
                     Backups</emphasis>. The basic resources offered by
                 the Block Storage Service are volumes and
-                snapshots, which are derived from volumes, and
-                backups:</para>
+                snapshots which are derived from volumes and
+                volume backups:</para>
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem>
                     <para><emphasis role="bold">Volumes</emphasis>.