diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 4cf1cfb6d6f..f925a98805a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ linters:
         - shadow
     misspell:
       locale: US
-      # extra words from https://go.dev//wiki/Spelling
+      # extra words from https://go.dev/wiki/Spelling
       extra-words:
         - typo: marshall
           correction: marshal
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index dacef506deb..2856e886925 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Its subcommands are:
 - `update-go` - updates Go files with documentation URLs and formats comments.
   It is used by `script/generate.sh`.
 
-- `format` - formats whitespace in `openapi_operations.yaml` and sorts its
+- `format` - formats white space in `openapi_operations.yaml` and sorts its
   arrays. It is used by `script/fmt.sh`.
 
 - `unused` - lists operations from `openapi_operations.yaml` that are not mapped
diff --git a/tools/metadata/main.go b/tools/metadata/main.go
index 8a31a4fa112..a1d5f51627a 100644
--- a/tools/metadata/main.go
+++ b/tools/metadata/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Update go source code to be consistent with openapi_operations.yaml.
  - Formats modified files with the equivalent of "go fmt".
 `,
 
-	"format_help": `Format whitespace in openapi_operations.yaml and sort its operations.`,
+	"format_help": `Format white space in openapi_operations.yaml and sort its operations.`,
 	"unused_help": `List operations in openapi_operations.yaml that aren't used by any service methods.`,
 
 	"working_dir_help": `Working directory. Should be the root of the go-github repository.`,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Update go source code to be consistent with openapi_operations.yaml.
 
 	"openapi_validate_help": `
 Instead of updating, make sure that the operations in openapi_operations.yaml's "openapi_operations" field are
-consistent with the sha listed in "openapi_commit". This is run in CI as a convenience so that reviewers can trust
+consistent with the SHA listed in "openapi_commit". This is run in CI as a convenience so that reviewers can trust
 changes to openapi_operations.yaml.
 `,