diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb.rb
index 8973f7026..d73d428b3 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb.rb
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def self.mongo_eval(cmd, db = 'admin', retries = 10, host = nil)
       retry_count -= 1
       if retry_count.positive?
         Puppet.debug "Request failed: '#{e.message}' Retry: '#{retries - retry_count}'"
-        out = { 'errmsg' =>  "#{e.message}" }
+        out = { 'errmsg' => e.message }
         sleep retry_sleep
         retry
       end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_database/mongodb.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_database/mongodb.rb
index 641078cd7..ad95b7ef6 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_database/mongodb.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_database/mongodb.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   def self.instances
     require 'json'
 
-    mongo_eval_result = mongo_eval("JSON.stringify(db.getMongo().getDBs())")
+    mongo_eval_result = mongo_eval('JSON.stringify(db.getMongo().getDBs())')
 
     dbs = JSON.parse mongo_eval_result
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_replset/mongo.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_replset/mongo.rb
index fe1bd14b3..c7d59d8f7 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_replset/mongo.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/mongodb_replset/mongo.rb
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def self.mongo_command(command, host = nil, retries = 4)
     # Parse the JSON output and return
     begin
       JSON.parse(output)
-    rescue
+    rescue e
       output
     end
   end