diff --git a/novaclient/shell.py b/novaclient/shell.py
index 468e889b1..adb8b4dcb 100644
--- a/novaclient/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/shell.py
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
         if os.environ.get("NOVACLIENT_ISHOULDNTBEDOINGTHIS") != "1":
             print(
                 _(
-                    "nova CLI is deprecated and will be a removed in a future "
+                    "nova CLI is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
                     "release"
                 ),
                 file=sys.stderr,
diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py
index f46d0ad62..415440751 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         )
         # We also expect to see the deprecation warning
         self.assertIn(
-            'nova CLI is deprecated and will be a removed in a future release',
+            'nova CLI is deprecated and will be removed in a future release',
             sys.stderr.getvalue(),
         )
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('ERROR (MyException): message\n', err)
         # We also expect to see the deprecation warning
         self.assertIn(
-            'nova CLI is deprecated and will be a removed in a future release',
+            'nova CLI is deprecated and will be removed in a future release',
             err,
         )