diff --git a/bin/nova-dhcpbridge b/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
index 6187e052..ee7bf2da 100755
--- a/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
+++ b/bin/nova-dhcpbridge
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CONF.register_cli_opt(
 
 
 def main():
-    """Parse environment and arguments and call the approproate action."""
+    """Parse environment and arguments and call the appropriate action."""
     try:
         config_file = os.environ['CONFIG_FILE']
     except KeyError:
diff --git a/bin/nova-manage b/bin/nova-manage
index 67212a19..c783c304 100755
--- a/bin/nova-manage
+++ b/bin/nova-manage
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class ShellCommands(object):
 
     @args('--path', dest='path', metavar='<path>', help='Script path')
     def script(self, path):
-        """Runs the script from the specifed path with flags set properly.
+        """Runs the script from the specified path with flags set properly.
         arguments: path"""
         exec(compile(open(path).read(), path, 'exec'), locals(), globals())