diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a43c556c..b3dfb8c8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ repos:
         language: python
         types: [python]
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter
-    rev: v1.6.0.rc1
+    rev: v1.5.1
     hooks:
       - id: docformatter
         description: "Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257."
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f858bde..2e9488bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ without care for backward compatibility; moreover,
 some of its algorithms could be broken using side-channel attacks.
 
 The library is not limited to the bitcon elliptic curve secp256k1;
-anyway, for this curve FFI bindings to
+anyway, FFI bindings to
 [libsecp256k1](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1)
 (the optimized C library used by Bitcoin Core)
-are available and used by default.
+are available for this curve and used by default.
 
 Included features are:
 
diff --git a/btclib/ec/curve_group.py b/btclib/ec/curve_group.py
index 4914812b..e1dc1bc6 100644
--- a/btclib/ec/curve_group.py
+++ b/btclib/ec/curve_group.py
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ def mult_mont_ladder(m: int, Q: JacPoint, ec: CurveGroup) -> JacPoint:
     Jacobian coordinates.
 
     It is constant-time and resistant to the FLUSH+RELOAD attack,
-    (see
-    https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/140.pdf)
     as it prevents branch prediction avoiding any if.
+    See:
+    - https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/140.pdf
 
     The input point is assumed to be on curve and
     the m coefficient is assumed to have been reduced mod n
diff --git a/btclib/ecc/bms.py b/btclib/ecc/bms.py
index 8a64643c..c1a0ac1c 100644
--- a/btclib/ecc/bms.py
+++ b/btclib/ecc/bms.py
@@ -342,5 +342,5 @@ def verify(msg: Octets, addr: String, sig: Sig | String, lower_s: bool = True) -
         assert_as_valid(msg, addr, sig, lower_s)
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         return False
-    else:
-        return True
+
+    return True
diff --git a/btclib/ecc/dsa.py b/btclib/ecc/dsa.py
index 01a49265..331c0cb9 100644
--- a/btclib/ecc/dsa.py
+++ b/btclib/ecc/dsa.py
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ def verify_(
         assert_as_valid_(msg_hash, key, sig, lower_s, hf)
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         return False
-    else:
-        return True
+
+    return True
 
 
 def verify(
diff --git a/btclib/ecc/ssa.py b/btclib/ecc/ssa.py
index 5812b82a..00424f08 100644
--- a/btclib/ecc/ssa.py
+++ b/btclib/ecc/ssa.py
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ def verify_(
         assert_as_valid_(msg_hash, Q, sig, hf)
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         return False
-    else:
-        return True
+
+    return True
 
 
 def verify(msg: Octets, Q: BIP340PubKey, sig: Sig | Octets, hf: HashF = sha256) -> bool:
diff --git a/btclib/number_theory.py b/btclib/number_theory.py
index c828688b..8fe5560f 100644
--- a/btclib/number_theory.py
+++ b/btclib/number_theory.py
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ def mod_inv(a: int, m: int) -> int:
     m does not have to be a prime.
 
     Based on Extended Euclidean Algorithm, see:
-
-    https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithm_Implementation/Mathematics/Extended_Euclidean_algorithm
+    - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithm_Implementation/Mathematics/Extended_Euclidean_algorithm
     """
     a %= m
     g, x, _ = xgcd(a, m)
diff --git a/btclib/tx/tx.py b/btclib/tx/tx.py
index 6d621f86..4fc63412 100644
--- a/btclib/tx/tx.py
+++ b/btclib/tx/tx.py
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@
 Dataclass encapsulating version, lock_time,
 vin (list[TxIn]), and vout (list[TxOut]).
 
-https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction
- https://learnmeabitcoin.com/guide/coinbase-transaction
-https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/20721/what-is-the-format-of-the-coinbase-transaction
+- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction
+- https://learnmeabitcoin.com/guide/coinbase-transaction
+- https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/20721/what-is-the-format-of-the-coinbase-transaction
 
 For TxIn.sequence and TX.lock_time see:
-https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/transactions.html
- https://medium.com/summa-technology/bitcoins-time-locks-27e0c362d7a1
-https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/40764/is-my-understanding-of-locktime-correct
-https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Timelock
+- https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/transactions.html
+- https://medium.com/summa-technology/bitcoins-time-locks-27e0c362d7a1
+- https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/40764/is-my-understanding-of-locktime-correct
+- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Timelock
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/btclib/utils.py b/btclib/utils.py
index 0734406c..706b0810 100644
--- a/btclib/utils.py
+++ b/btclib/utils.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def int_from_bits(octets: Octets, nlen: int) -> int:
     bits on the left, while int_from_bits will discard some bits on the
     right. i.to_bytes is the reverse of int_from_bits only when
     nlen is a multiple of 8 and bit sequences already have length nlen.
-    See
-    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6979#section-2.3.5.
+    See:
+    - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6979#section-2.3.5
     """
     octets = bytes_from_octets(octets)
     i = int.from_bytes(octets, byteorder="big", signed=False)