diff --git a/doc/src/docbkx/common/boot_from_volume.xml b/doc/src/docbkx/common/boot_from_volume.xml
index e1470c4fe7..c79824f0d4 100644
--- a/doc/src/docbkx/common/boot_from_volume.xml
+++ b/doc/src/docbkx/common/boot_from_volume.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   </simplesect>
   <simplesect>
     <title>Creating a Bootable Volume from an Image</title>
-    <para>Cinder has the ability to create a bootlable volume from an image stored in Glance.
+    <para>Cinder has the ability to create a bootable volume from an image stored in Glance.
       <screen>
 <prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>cinder create --image-id &lt;image_id> --display-name my-bootable-vol &lt;size></userinput>  
       </screen>
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@
       <literal>--key_name</literal> with a valid keypair
       name:<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova boot --flavor 2 --key_name <replaceable>mykey</replaceable> --block_device_mapping vda=13:::0 boot-from-vol-test</userinput></screen></para>
   </simplesect>
-</section>
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+</section>