diff --git a/src/virtManager/create.py b/src/virtManager/create.py
index 046561825..b603e280a 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/create.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/create.py
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ class vmmCreate(gobject.GObject):
                               title=_("Creating Virtual Machine"),
                               text=_("The virtual machine is now being created. " + \
                                      "Allocation of disk storage and retrieval of " + \
-                                     "the installation images may a few minutes " + \
+                                     "the installation images may take a few minutes " + \
                                      "to complete."))
         progWin.run()
 
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ class vmmCreate(gobject.GObject):
 
 
         elif page_num == PAGE_TYPE:
-            if self.get_config_method() == VM_FULLY_VIRT and not virtinst.util.is_hvm_capable():
+            if self.get_config_method() == VM_FULLY_VIRT and self.connection.get_type().startswith("Xen") and not virtinst.util.is_hvm_capable():
                 self._validation_error_box(_("Hardware Support Required"), \
                                            _("Your hardware does not appear to support full virtualization. Only paravirtualized guests will be available on this hardware."))
                 return False