diff --git a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
index 71a2a771efdfffa2a84ec9dc11479bf4343de6c3..8ce0f83f03b0dc09d51b2053147c64787d616afd 100644
--- a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
+++ b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
                     if patch_duplicates and get(kapacitor_api_tasks_instance_url).status_code == 200:
                         # this will only happen if the patch_duplicates flag is set to True
                         delete(kapacitor_api_tasks_instance_url)
+                        # an alternative is to use the PATCH API endpoint instead of deleting and creating it again, however,
+                        # using the PATCH method requires the task to be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect (more HTTP requests)
                         response = post(kapacitor_api_tasks_url, json=kapacitor_http_request_body)
                         response_content = response.json()
                         capture_error = response_content.get("error", "") != ""
@@ -482,8 +484,6 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
                 if patch_duplicates and get(kapacitor_api_handlers_instance_url).status_code == 200:
                     # this will only happen if the patch_duplicates flag is set to True
                     delete(kapacitor_api_handlers_instance_url)
-                    # an alternative is to use the PATCH API endpoint instead of deleting and creating it again, however,
-                    # using the PATCH method requires the task to be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect (more HTTP requests)
                     response = post(kapacitor_api_handlers_url, json=kapacitor_http_request_body)
                     response_content = response.json()
                     capture_error = response_content.get("error", "") != ""
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
         alerts_input_file = alert_spec_reference.file
 
         # allow only .yaml and .yml extensions for filename
-        if not (alerts_input_filename.lower().endswith('.yaml') or alerts_input_filename.lower.endswith('.yml')):
+        if not (alerts_input_filename.lower().endswith('.yaml') and not alerts_input_filename.lower().endswith('.yml')):
             raise HTTPBadRequest("Request to this API endpoint must include a (YAML) file input referenced as 'alert-spec' representing the TOSCA Alerts Specification.")
 
         # parse the alerts specification file
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
index 808ab2535ef1f7b9ddba8e7b9b9ebde4f66dc932..60c0d598ff13c486dc71e2bc4c5216a9ece8ddaa 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class TestAlerts(object):
         alert_logs = listdir(LOG_TEST_FOLDER_PATH)
         assert len(alert_logs) == 4, "4 log files must have been created - one for each alert defined in the specification."
 
-        # check the content of eac log file
+        # check the content of each log file
         for alert_log in alert_logs:
             alert_log_path = join(LOG_TEST_FOLDER_PATH, alert_log)