diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index f65784074..023a519e9 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
                                      nbd_device=args.nbd_device))
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('nbd_start_disk', aliases=['start_nbd_disk'],
-                              help='Export a bdev as a nbd disk')
+                              help='Export a bdev as an nbd disk')
     p.add_argument('bdev_name', help='Blockdev name to be exported. Example: Malloc0.')
     p.add_argument('nbd_device', help='Nbd device name to be assigned. Example: /dev/nbd0.', nargs='?')
     p.set_defaults(func=nbd_start_disk)
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
                               nbd_device=args.nbd_device)
 
     p = subparsers.add_parser('nbd_stop_disk', aliases=['stop_nbd_disk'],
-                              help='Stop a nbd disk')
+                              help='Stop an nbd disk')
     p.add_argument('nbd_device', help='Nbd device name to be stopped. Example: /dev/nbd0.')
     p.set_defaults(func=nbd_stop_disk)
 
diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index 543b3a82f..25fcca5c9 100644
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ function part_dev_by_gpt () {
 		echo "Process nbd pid: $nbd_pid"
 		waitforlisten $nbd_pid $rpc_server
 
-		# Start bdev as a nbd device
+		# Start bdev as an nbd device
 		nbd_start_disks "$rpc_server" $devname $nbd_path
 
 		waitfornbd ${nbd_path:5}