diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index c66d897749..fc3768c1ec 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ parameters:
         letters and numbers.
   NovaComputeOptVolumes:
     default: []
-    description: list of optional vo
+    description: list of optional volumes to be mounted
     type: comma_delimited_list
   NovaComputeOptEnvVars:
     default: {}
-    description: hash of optional en
+    description: hash of optional environment variables
     type: json
   EnableInstanceHA:
     default: false