diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/defaults/main.yml
index 9413a01a2f..66feb52bc0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/defaults/main.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ ovs_socket_mem: 1024
 ovs_hugepage_mountpoint: /dev/hugepages
 
 # ovs <2.7 required dpdk phyical port names to be index
-# in pci adress order as dpdkX where X is the index
-# ovs>=2.7 allows arbitray names but the pci adress
+# in pci address order as dpdkX where X is the index
+# ovs>=2.7 allows arbitray names but the pci address
 # must be set in a new dpdkdev-opt field
 # valid values are indexed or named.
 ovs_physical_port_policy: named
diff --git a/tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh b/tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
index fc5cf2f781..6b6e3bfd5b 100755
--- a/tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
+++ b/tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ function uninstall {
 
 }
 
-function useage {
+function usage {
     cat << "EOF"
 ovs-dpdkctl.sh: A tool to configure ovs with dpdk.
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ commands:
       ovs-dpdkctl config.
     - creates dpdk ports as defined by ovs port_mappings in
       ovs-dpdkctl config.
-  - useage:
+  - usage:
     - prints this message
 
 options:
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ if [ $# -ge  1 ]; then
     func=$1
     shift
 else
-    func="useage"
+    func="usage"
 fi
 
 #replace with switch later