diff --git a/neutron/conf/common.py b/neutron/conf/common.py
index f8854296134..57e875ca737 100644
--- a/neutron/conf/common.py
+++ b/neutron/conf/common.py
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ core_opts = [
                       'to 1500, the standard value for Ethernet.')),
     cfg.IntOpt('http_retries', default=3, min=0,
                help=_("Number of times client connections (nova, ironic) "
-                      "should be retried on a failed HTTP call. 0 (zero) means"
-                      "connection is attempted only once (not retried). "
+                      "should be retried on a failed HTTP call. 0 (zero) "
+                      "means connection is attempted only once (not retried). "
                       "Setting to any positive integer means that on failure "
                       "the connection is retried that many times. "
                       "For example, setting to 3 means total attempts to "