diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 81d9e3aa5d..6e041d692c 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ virFileOpenAs(const char *path, int openflags, mode_t mode,
                 break;
             case -1:
                 /* failure detecting fstype */
-                virReportSystemError(errno, _("couldn't determine fs type of"
+                virReportSystemError(errno, _("couldn't determine fs type "
                                               "of mount containing '%s'"), path);
                 goto error;
             case 0:
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index 6eec5cf2a0..ec7435a2e7 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ virNetDevGetVirtualFunctions(const char *pfname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                              unsigned int *n_vfname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     virReportSystemError(ENOSYS, "%s",
-                         _("Unable to get virtual functions on this platfornm"));
+                         _("Unable to get virtual functions on this platform"));
     return -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c
index 810fdd70e3..1ed2ddaae6 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.c
+++ b/tools/virsh.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
     if (optTable + optName + optUUID > 1) {
         vshError(ctl, "%s",
-                 _("Only one argument from --table, --name and --uuid"
+                 _("Only one argument from --table, --name and --uuid "
                    "may be specified."));
         return false;
     }