diff --git a/swift/cli/recon.py b/swift/cli/recon.py
index 5b65b95204..202e449535 100644
--- a/swift/cli/recon.py
+++ b/swift/cli/recon.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Scout(object):
 
     def scout_host(self, base_url, recon_type):
         """
-        Perform the actual HTTP request to obtain swift recon telemtry.
+        Perform the actual HTTP request to obtain swift recon telemetry.
 
         :param base_url: the base url of the host you wish to check. str of the
                         format 'http://127.0.0.1:6200/recon/'
diff --git a/swift/container/backend.py b/swift/container/backend.py
index e98f9e0e67..77444b1fc6 100644
--- a/swift/container/backend.py
+++ b/swift/container/backend.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import six.moves.cPickle as pickle
 from six.moves import range
 import sqlite3
 
-from swift.common.utils import Timestamp, encode_timestamps, decode_timestamps, \
-    extract_swift_bytes
+from swift.common.utils import Timestamp, encode_timestamps, \
+    decode_timestamps, extract_swift_bytes
 from swift.common.db import DatabaseBroker, utf8encode