diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index d5bb2cfe6b..91474643db 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ class BaseSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer, metaclass=BaseSerializerMetacl
     def validate(self, attrs):
         attrs = super(BaseSerializer, self).validate(attrs)
         try:
-            # Create/update a model instance and run it's full_clean() method to
+            # Create/update a model instance and run its full_clean() method to
             # do any validation implemented on the model class.
             exclusions = self.get_validation_exclusions(self.instance)
             obj = self.instance or self.Meta.model()
@@ -3229,7 +3229,7 @@ class JobCreateScheduleSerializer(LabelsListMixin, BaseSerializer):
                 ret['labels'] = self._summary_field_labels(config)
             return ret
         except JobLaunchConfig.DoesNotExist:
-            return {'all': _('Unknown, job may have been ran before launch configurations were saved.')}
+            return {'all': _('Unknown, job may have been run before launch configurations were saved.')}
 
 
 class AdHocCommandSerializer(UnifiedJobSerializer):
diff --git a/awx/api/views/__init__.py b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
index ce25fab7c0..072f0b447f 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -2406,9 +2406,8 @@ class JobTemplateLaunch(RetrieveAPIView):
         """
         modern_data = data.copy()
 
-        id_fd = '{}_id'.format('inventory')
-        if 'inventory' not in modern_data and id_fd in modern_data:
-            modern_data['inventory'] = modern_data[id_fd]
+        if 'inventory' not in modern_data and 'inventory_id' in modern_data:
+            modern_data['inventory'] = modern_data['inventory_id']
 
         # credential passwords were historically provided as top-level attributes
         if 'credential_passwords' not in modern_data: