diff --git a/oslo_messaging/notify/listener.py b/oslo_messaging/notify/listener.py
index 1aa4613f7..3460ef962 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/notify/listener.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/notify/listener.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ A transport can be obtained simply by calling the get_transport() method::
     transport = messaging.get_transport(conf)
 
 which will load the appropriate transport driver according to the user's
-messaging configuration configuration. See get_transport() for more details.
+messaging configuration. See get_transport() for more details.
 
 The target supplied when creating a notification listener expresses the topic
 and - optionally - the exchange to listen on. See Target for more details
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py b/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py
index 7f6295b6b..855e3d9a6 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/rpc/server.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ A transport can be obtained simply by calling the get_transport() method::
     transport = messaging.get_transport(conf)
 
 which will load the appropriate transport driver according to the user's
-messaging configuration configuration. See get_transport() for more details.
+messaging configuration. See get_transport() for more details.
 
 The target supplied when creating an RPC server expresses the topic, server
 name and - optionally - the exchange to listen on. See Target for more details