diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
index c055a72311f2c773708cc8a250ccc7a04c5b56bc..fd675f1b2fc50ac463571f7db85cb2de80cf5b1f 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_base.py
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ from ganeti import utils
 # _CHECK values
 
 # must be afile
-_FILE_CHECK = (utils.IsNormAbsPath, "must be an absolute normal path",
+_FILE_CHECK = (utils.IsNormAbsPath, "must be an absolute normalized path",
               os.path.isfile, "not found or not a file")
 
 # must be a directory
-_DIR_CHECK = (utils.IsNormAbsPath, "must be an absolute normal path",
+_DIR_CHECK = (utils.IsNormAbsPath, "must be an absolute normalized path",
              os.path.isdir, "not found or not a directory")
 
 # nice wrappers for users
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 3a0881fcd36e3b1f574115d5a915caca9ec3f1a6..48388babe45aa8e823cd8b81200949e90bed97aa 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ def SetupLogging(logfile, debug=False, stderr_logging=False, program="",
       raise
 
 def IsNormAbsPath(path):
-  """Check whether a path is absolute and also "normal".
+  """Check whether a path is absolute and also normalized
 
   This avoids things like /dir/../../other/path to be valid.
 
diff --git a/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
index 433bfe3364d944e1fc3f32f7fd1eb671eb0a1808..846b4b44624796b8b3167daf38c24dbb73a21d90 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
@@ -975,10 +975,10 @@ class TestIsAbsNormPath(unittest.TestCase):
   def _pathTestHelper(self, path, result):
     if result:
       self.assert_(IsNormAbsPath(path),
-          "Path %s should be absolute and normal" % path)
+          "Path %s should result absolute and normalized" % path)
     else:
       self.assert_(not IsNormAbsPath(path),
-          "Path %s should not be absolute and normal" % path)
+          "Path %s should not result absolute and normalized" % path)
 
   def testBase(self):
     self._pathTestHelper('/etc', True)