diff --git a/cinder/image/image_utils.py b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
index e9ed86f5834..cb637b995f4 100644
--- a/cinder/image/image_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/image/image_utils.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ CONF.register_opts(image_helper_opts)
 
 
 def qemu_img_info(path, run_as_root=True):
-    """Return a object containing the parsed output from qemu-img info."""
+    """Return an object containing the parsed output from qemu-img info."""
     cmd = ('env', 'LC_ALL=C', 'qemu-img', 'info', path)
     if os.name == 'nt':
         cmd = cmd[2:]
diff --git a/cinder/scheduler/host_manager.py b/cinder/scheduler/host_manager.py
index d4c1135eab7..3568202a530 100644
--- a/cinder/scheduler/host_manager.py
+++ b/cinder/scheduler/host_manager.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class HostState(object):
                 self._append_backend_info(capability)
                 self.pools[pool_name] = single_pool
             else:
-                # this is a update from legacy driver
+                # this is an update from legacy driver
                 try:
                     single_pool = self.pools[pool_name]
                 except KeyError:
diff --git a/cinder/utils.py b/cinder/utils.py
index dfb14fe8a6c..8a7237792fc 100644
--- a/cinder/utils.py
+++ b/cinder/utils.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def last_completed_audit_period(unit=None):
 
 
 def list_of_dicts_to_dict(seq, key):
-    """Convert list of dicts to a indexted dict.
+    """Convert list of dicts to an indexted dict.
 
     Takes a list of dicts, and converts it a nested dict
     indexed by <key>
diff --git a/cinder/volume/api.py b/cinder/volume/api.py
index 8f7e62cac2b..f7c625b09a7 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/api.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/api.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class API(base.Base):
 
         # NOTE(thangp): Update is called by various APIs, some of which are
         # not yet using oslo_versionedobjects.  We need to handle the case
-        # where volume is either a dict or a oslo_versionedobject.
+        # where volume is either a dict or an oslo_versionedobject.
         if isinstance(volume, objects_base.CinderObject):
             volume.update(fields)
             volume.save()
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_masking.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_masking.py
index b3b2b98b73e..f0627f0ae0f 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_masking.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_masking.py
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ class EMCVMAXMasking(object):
     def _create_or_get_initiator_group(
             self, conn, controllerConfigService, igGroupName,
             connector, storageSystemName, extraSpecs):
-        """Attempt to create a initiatorGroup.
+        """Attempt to create an initiatorGroup.
 
         If one already exists with the same Initiator/wwns then get it.
         Check to see if an initiatorGroup already exists, that matches the
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/hitachi/hnas_backend.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/hitachi/hnas_backend.py
index 0e4688e21a6..61877aa2fd8 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/hitachi/hnas_backend.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/hitachi/hnas_backend.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class HnasBackend(object):
             tgt_list.append(tgt)
 
         if tgtalias is not None:
-            # We tried to find  'tgtalias' but didn't find. Return a empty
+            # We tried to find  'tgtalias' but didn't find. Return an empty
             # list.
             LOG.debug("There's no target %(alias)s in EVS %(evsid)s.",
                       {'alias': tgtalias, 'evsid': evsid})