diff --git a/nova/conf/compute.py b/nova/conf/compute.py
index a08f26821a..1af8abf0d8 100644
--- a/nova/conf/compute.py
+++ b/nova/conf/compute.py
@@ -800,8 +800,7 @@ Possible values:
 
 Related options:
 
-* ``block_device_allocate_retries'' in compute_manager_opts
-      group.
+* ``block_device_allocate_retries`` in compute_manager_opts group.
 """),
     cfg.IntOpt('scheduler_instance_sync_interval',
         default=120,
diff --git a/nova/conf/xenserver.py b/nova/conf/xenserver.py
index 8b6f310def..90b5171643 100644
--- a/nova/conf/xenserver.py
+++ b/nova/conf/xenserver.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ Possible values:
 
 * `all`: will download all images.
 * `some`: will only download images that have the image_property
-          `bittorrent=true'.
+          `bittorrent=true`.
 * `none`: will turnoff downloading images via Bit Torrent.
 """),
     cfg.StrOpt('ipxe_network_name',