diff --git a/cinderclient/exceptions.py b/cinderclient/exceptions.py
index 751e42592..cf259bf82 100644
--- a/cinderclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/cinderclient/exceptions.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class NoUniqueMatch(Exception):
 
 
 class AuthSystemNotFound(Exception):
-    """When the user specify a AuthSystem but not installed."""
+    """When the user specifies an AuthSystem but not installed."""
     def __init__(self, auth_system):
         self.auth_system = auth_system
 
diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/test_utils.py b/cinderclient/tests/test_utils.py
index a62af2f7c..da2b700d1 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class FindResourceTestCase(test_utils.TestCase):
 
 
 class CaptureStdout(object):
-    """Context manager for capturing stdout from statments in its's block."""
+    """Context manager for capturing stdout from statements in its block."""
     def __enter__(self):
         self.real_stdout = sys.stdout
         self.stringio = moves.StringIO()
diff --git a/cinderclient/v1/shell.py b/cinderclient/v1/shell.py
index bdad700da..072bee850 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ def do_snapshot_reset_state(cs, args):
 
     if failure_count == len(args.snapshot):
         if not single:
-            msg = ("Unable to reset the state for any of the the specified "
+            msg = ("Unable to reset the state for any of the specified "
                    "snapshots.")
         raise exceptions.CommandError(msg)
 
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index a506721b3..76bb9916d 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ MASTER
 
 1.0.4
 -----
-* Added suport for backup-service commands
+* Added support for backup-service commands
 .. _1163546: http://bugs.launchpad.net/python-cinderclient/+bug/1163546
 .. _1161857: http://bugs.launchpad.net/python-cinderclient/+bug/1161857
 .. _1160898: http://bugs.launchpad.net/python-cinderclient/+bug/1160898
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ MASTER
 -----
 
 * Added support for V2 Cinder API
-* Corected upload-volume-to-image help messaging
+* Corrected upload-volume-to-image help messaging
 * Align handling of metadata args for all methods
 * Update OSLO version
 * Correct parsing of volume metadata