diff --git a/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml b/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml
index 3949965b..9a94cd51 100644
--- a/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml
+++ b/module001-ch005-vm-provisioning-walk-through.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     <para>The following diagram shows the system state prior to
       launching an instance. The image store fronted by the Image
       Service has some number of predefined images. In the
-      cloud, there is an available Compute node with available vCPU,
+      cloud, there is an available compute node with available vCPU,
       memory and local disk resources. Plus there are a number of
       predefined volumes in the
       <systemitem class="service">cinder-volume</systemitem> service.
diff --git a/module001-ch011-block-storage.xml b/module001-ch011-block-storage.xml
index 8c2c6527..0c6f2cd3 100644
--- a/module001-ch011-block-storage.xml
+++ b/module001-ch011-block-storage.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
   <para>Volumes are allocated block storage resources that can be
     attached to instances as secondary storage or they can be used as
     the root store to boot instances. Volumes are persistent R/W Block
-    Storage devices most commonly attached to the Compute node via
+    Storage devices most commonly attached to the compute node via
     iSCSI.</para>
   <para><guilabel>Snapshots</guilabel></para>
   <para>A Snapshot in OpenStack Block Storage is a read-only point in