diff --git a/pkg/sentry/seccheck/sinks/remote/remote_test.go b/pkg/sentry/seccheck/sinks/remote/remote_test.go
index 9640e1d121..407280d9c3 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/seccheck/sinks/remote/remote_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/seccheck/sinks/remote/remote_test.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func TestExample(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	if err := testutil.Poll(check, time.Second); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf(err.Error())
+		t.Errorf("%s", err.Error())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/link/sharedmem/sharedmem_test.go b/pkg/tcpip/link/sharedmem/sharedmem_test.go
index 2f4d0b0518..3a30ac1ce9 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/link/sharedmem/sharedmem_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/link/sharedmem/sharedmem_test.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (c *testContext) waitForPackets(n int, to <-chan time.Time, errorStr string
 		select {
 		case <-c.packetCh:
 		case <-to:
-			c.t.Fatalf(errorStr)
+			c.t.Fatal(errorStr)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tools/checklinkname/check_linkname.go b/tools/checklinkname/check_linkname.go
index 91069f739f..c18a01a167 100644
--- a/tools/checklinkname/check_linkname.go
+++ b/tools/checklinkname/check_linkname.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (u *UnresolvedLinknames) resolveRemaining(pass *analysis.Pass, resolvePos f
 	}
 }
 
-// go:linkname can be rather confusing. https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/compile says:
+// "go:linkname" can be rather confusing. https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/compile says:
 //
 // //go:linkname localname [importpath.name]
 //