diff --git a/src/charm.py b/src/charm.py
index af41352a14..60c4ecdd9d 100755
--- a/src/charm.py
+++ b/src/charm.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def _juju_secret_set(self, scope: str, key: str, value: str) -> str:
 
         secret = self.secrets[scope].get(SECRET_LABEL)
 
-        # It's not the first secret for the scope, we can re-use the existing one
+        # It's not the first secret for the scope, we can reuse the existing one
         # that was fetched in the previous call
         if secret:
             secret_cache = self.secrets[scope][SECRET_CACHE_LABEL]
diff --git a/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py b/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py
index ace65f739e..bb68fa8541 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py
+++ b/tests/integration/ha_tests/test_self_healing.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async def test_storage_re_use(ops_test, continuous_writes):
     app = await app_name(ops_test)
     if storage_type(ops_test, app) == "rootfs":
         pytest.skip(
-            "re-use of storage can only be used on deployments with persistent storage not on rootfs deployments"
+            "reuse of storage can only be used on deployments with persistent storage not on rootfs deployments"
         )
 
     # removing the only replica can be disastrous