diff --git a/doc/arch-design/generalpurpose/section_operational_considerations_general_purpose.xml b/doc/arch-design/generalpurpose/section_operational_considerations_general_purpose.xml
index 1f52aa24c4..a466653b2b 100644
--- a/doc/arch-design/generalpurpose/section_operational_considerations_general_purpose.xml
+++ b/doc/arch-design/generalpurpose/section_operational_considerations_general_purpose.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     </section>
     <section xml:id="monitoring-general-purpose">
       <title>Monitoring</title>
-    <para>OpenStack clouds require appropriate monitoring platorms to
+    <para>OpenStack clouds require appropriate monitoring platforms to
         ensure errors are caught and managed appropriately. Specific
         metrics that are critically important to monitor include:</para>
       <itemizedlist>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         for high availability (HA) can have cost ramifications.</para>
     <para>For example, if a compute host failed, this would be an operational
         consideration; requiring the restoration of instances from a
-        snapshot or respawning an instance. The overall application design
+        snapshot or re-spawning an instance. The overall application design
         is impacted, general purpose clouds should not need to provide
         abilities to migrate instances from one host to another. Additional
         considerations need to be made around supporting instance migration if