diff --git a/neutron/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/gce/mech_gce.py b/neutron/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/gce/mech_gce.py
index f00cdff..53d9b7c 100644
--- a/neutron/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/gce/mech_gce.py
+++ b/neutron/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/gce/mech_gce.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class GceMechanismDriver(api.MechanismDriver):
             return
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception(
-                "An error occured while creating security group: %s" % e)
+                "An error occurred while creating security group: %s" % e)
             raise e
         LOG.info("Create GCE firewall rule %s" % gce_rule)
         operation = gceutils.create_firewall_rule(compute, project, gce_rule)
diff --git a/nova/virt/gce/driver.py b/nova/virt/gce/driver.py
index 0dc89b0..3cdbd15 100644
--- a/nova/virt/gce/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/gce/driver.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class GCEDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
             LOG.info("Completed snapshot for instance %s" % instance.uuid)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            LOG.exception("An error occured during image creation: %s" % e)
+            LOG.exception("An error occurred during image creation: %s" % e)
             if instance_stopped:
                 operation = gceutils.start_instance(compute, project, zone,
                                                     gce_id)