diff --git a/lib/facter/ovs_uuid.rb b/lib/facter/ovs_uuid.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb3aa686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/ovs_uuid.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Facter.add("ovs_uuid") do
+  confine :kernel => "Linux"
+
+  setcode do
+    if File.exist? '/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl'
+      ovs_ver = Facter::Core::Execution.exec('/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl get Open_vSwitch . _uuid')
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/vs_config.rb b/lib/puppet/type/vs_config.rb
index 68ef2bbb..8c605b33 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/vs_config.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/vs_config.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:vs_config) do
   end
 
   newproperty(:value) do
-    desc 'Configuration value for the paramter'
+    desc 'Configuration value for the parameter'
 
     validate do |value|
       if !value.is_a?(String)