diff --git a/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py b/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
index 82dcf925dc..bea9e24108 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/common/config.py
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ def validate_nsxv_config_options():
     if (cfg.CONF.nsxv.manager_uri is None or
         cfg.CONF.nsxv.user is None or
         cfg.CONF.nsxv.password is None):
-        error = _("manager_uri, user and password must be configured!")
+        error = _("manager_uri, user, and password must be configured!")
         raise nsx_exc.NsxPluginException(err_msg=error)
     if cfg.CONF.nsxv.dvs_id is None:
-        LOG.warning(_LW("dvs_id must be configured to support VLAN's!"))
+        LOG.warning(_LW("dvs_id must be configured to support VLANs!"))
     if cfg.CONF.nsxv.vdn_scope_id is None:
-        LOG.warning(_LW("vdn_scope_id must be configured to support VXLAN's!"))
+        LOG.warning(_LW("vdn_scope_id must be configured to support VXLANs!"))
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/vshield/common/VcnsApiClient.py b/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/vshield/common/VcnsApiClient.py
index 4415a41d6c..2f26b455b8 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/vshield/common/VcnsApiClient.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/neutron/plugins/vmware/vshield/common/VcnsApiClient.py
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ httplib2 = eventlet.import_patched('httplib2')
 
 
 def _xmldump(obj):
-    """Sort of imporved xml creation method.
+    """Sort of improved xml creation method.
 
     This converts the dict to xml with following assumptions:
-    keys starting with _(underscore) are to be used as attributes and not
-    elements keys starting with @ are to there so that dict can be made.
+    Keys starting with _(underscore) are to be used as attributes and not
+    element keys starting with @ so that dict can be made.
     The keys are not part of any xml schema.
     """