diff --git a/docs/source/topics/dev_notes/architecture.rst b/docs/source/topics/dev_notes/architecture.rst
index 7cdf3617..b107a9fb 100644
--- a/docs/source/topics/dev_notes/architecture.rst
+++ b/docs/source/topics/dev_notes/architecture.rst
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Anvil is designed to have the following set of software components:
   configuration driven (code when you need it but avoid it if you can).
   Distributions as seen by the ``conf/distros`` folder specify
   distribution-specific *configuration* that can be referenced by standard keys by a given
-  component. Each component also receives additonal configuration (accessible via a components
+  component. Each component also receives additional configuration (accessible via a components
   ``get_option`` function) via the yaml files specified in ``conf/components`` which
   provides for a way to have configuration that is not distribution specific but instead
   is component specific (say for configuring *nova* to use kvm instead of qemu). This
diff --git a/docs/source/topics/qanda.rst b/docs/source/topics/qanda.rst
index 82254085..07d79a32 100644
--- a/docs/source/topics/qanda.rst
+++ b/docs/source/topics/qanda.rst
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ An example of this, lets adjust ``nova`` to use the ``stable/essex`` branch.
         branch: stable/essex
 
 - Component origin parameters are:
-  - ``repo: <repo_url>`` - required
-  - ``branch: <branch>`` - optional
-  - ``tag: <tag>`` - optional
+    - ``repo: <repo_url>`` - required
+    - ``branch: <branch>`` - optional
+    - ``tag: <tag>`` - optional
+
   If no branch nor tag parameters were specified then ``branch: master`` is used by default.
 
-  - **Note:** tag overrides branch (so you can't really include both)
+  **Note:** tag overrides branch (so you can't really include both)
 
 
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