diff --git a/src/conf/network_conf.c b/src/conf/network_conf.c
index 6515efefdf..60cd888a4e 100644
--- a/src/conf/network_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/network_conf.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ virNetworkDefParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt)
         case VIR_NETWORK_FORWARD_PASSTHROUGH:
             if (def->bridge) {
                 virNetworkReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
-                                      _("bridge name not allowed in %s mode (network '%s'"),
+                                      _("bridge name not allowed in %s mode (network '%s')"),
                                       virNetworkForwardTypeToString(def->forwardType),
                                       def->name);
                 goto error;
diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
index 58115926aa..07edf19fd3 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ virNWFilterDefParse(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     virNWFilterDefPtr def = NULL;
     xmlDocPtr xml;
 
-    if ((xml = virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, _("(nwfilter_definition")))) {
+    if ((xml = virXMLParse(filename, xmlStr, _("(nwfilter_definition)")))) {
         def = virNWFilterDefParseNode(xml, xmlDocGetRootElement(xml));
         xmlFreeDoc(xml);
     }