diff --git a/docs/rn/0.44.md b/docs/rn/0.44.md
index 8f0330b8c..7983e35fd 100644
--- a/docs/rn/0.44.md
+++ b/docs/rn/0.44.md
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Read more about this feature in the [Certificates Management](../manual/cert.md#
 
 * fixing CLAB_INTFS env var #1547
 * fixing node filtering functionality #1549
+* fixing ovs bridges and openflow 1.3 #1539
diff --git a/nodes/ovs/ovs.go b/nodes/ovs/ovs.go
index b83f97345..1f6efd45c 100644
--- a/nodes/ovs/ovs.go
+++ b/nodes/ovs/ovs.go
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ func (n *ovs) CheckDeploymentConditions(_ context.Context) error {
 	)
 
 	// We were previously doing c.VSwitch.Get.Bridge() but it doesn't work
-	// when the bridge has a propotocol version higher than 1.0
+	// when the bridge has a protocol version higher than 1.0
 	// So listing the bridges is safer
 	bridges, err := c.VSwitch.ListBridges()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error while looking for ovs bridge %q: %v", n.Cfg.ShortName, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error while listing ovs bridges: %v", err)
 	}
 	if !slices.Contains(bridges, n.Cfg.ShortName) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not find ovs bridge %q", n.Cfg.ShortName)