diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
index 028e6754c4f5feb173e46cc96ef8128d53a2adaa..fce3575cf5b778adb5a23f7f8572cca5742f252d 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
@@ -611,11 +611,11 @@ class KVMHypervisor(hv_base.BaseHypervisor):
       raise errors.HypervisorError("Need a kernel for the instance")
 
     if not os.path.isabs(hvparams[constants.HV_KERNEL_PATH]):
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("The kernel path must an absolute path")
+      raise errors.HypervisorError("The kernel path must be an absolute path")
 
     if hvparams[constants.HV_INITRD_PATH]:
       if not os.path.isabs(hvparams[constants.HV_INITRD_PATH]):
-        raise errors.HypervisorError("The initrd path must an absolute path"
+        raise errors.HypervisorError("The initrd path must be an absolute path"
                                      ", if defined")
 
   def ValidateParameters(self, hvparams):
diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
index 42ce709f329921646148d1bb0b94f335fcf77972..46a1359fede1492554eb613a461dadd39c86007a 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
@@ -384,11 +384,11 @@ class XenPvmHypervisor(XenHypervisor):
       raise errors.HypervisorError("Need a kernel for the instance")
 
     if not os.path.isabs(hvparams[constants.HV_KERNEL_PATH]):
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("The kernel path must an absolute path")
+      raise errors.HypervisorError("The kernel path must be an absolute path")
 
     if hvparams[constants.HV_INITRD_PATH]:
       if not os.path.isabs(hvparams[constants.HV_INITRD_PATH]):
-        raise errors.HypervisorError("The initrd path must an absolute path"
+        raise errors.HypervisorError("The initrd path must be an absolute path"
                                      ", if defined")
 
   def ValidateParameters(self, hvparams):