diff --git a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/matchmaker.py b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/matchmaker.py
index b280cbdf0..3797f0426 100644
--- a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/matchmaker.py
+++ b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/matchmaker.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class MatchMakerBase(object):
         """Acknowledge that a key.host is alive.
 
         Used internally for updating heartbeats, but may also be used
-        publically to acknowledge a system is alive (i.e. rpc message
+        publicly to acknowledge a system is alive (i.e. rpc message
         successfully sent to host)
         """
         pass
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class HeartbeatMatchMakerBase(MatchMakerBase):
         """Acknowledge that a host.topic is alive.
 
         Used internally for updating heartbeats, but may also be used
-        publically to acknowledge a system is alive (i.e. rpc message
+        publicly to acknowledge a system is alive (i.e. rpc message
         successfully sent to host)
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("Must implement ack_alive")