diff --git a/elements/cinder/os-apply-config/etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf b/elements/cinder/os-apply-config/etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf
index f6d8fe2c0..f768c8dbf 100644
--- a/elements/cinder/os-apply-config/etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf
+++ b/elements/cinder/os-apply-config/etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Configuration for cinder-rootwrap
-# This file should be owned by (and only-writeable by) the root user
+# This file should be owned by (and only-writable by) the root user
 
 [DEFAULT]
 # List of directories to load filter definitions from (separated by ',').
-# These directories MUST all be only writeable by root !
+# These directories MUST all be only writable by root !
 filters_path=/etc/cinder/rootwrap.d,/usr/share/cinder/rootwrap
 
 # List of directories to search executables in, in case filters do not
 # explicitely specify a full path (separated by ',')
 # If not specified, defaults to system PATH environment variable.
-# These directories MUST all be only writeable by root !
+# These directories MUST all be only writable by root !
 #
 # NOTE: TripleO source installs require /usr/local/bin
 # to be here for cinder-rtstool access (LIO)
diff --git a/elements/rdo-release/README.md b/elements/rdo-release/README.md
index eab140e82..0d5971c92 100644
--- a/elements/rdo-release/README.md
+++ b/elements/rdo-release/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Enables the RDO yum repository for a released version of OpenStack on Red Hat
 based operating systems. $RDO_RELEASE is set by default to the latest openstack
-release. It can be overriden to select the version of RDO to install.
+release. It can be overridden to select the version of RDO to install.
 Set the environment variable to 'juno' to set the default version to
 install to 'juno'.