diff --git a/clients/githubrepo/languages.go b/clients/githubrepo/languages.go
index 28c8e3ebeba..a58f219c33d 100644
--- a/clients/githubrepo/languages.go
+++ b/clients/githubrepo/languages.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (handler *languagesHandler) init(ctx context.Context, repourl *repoURL) {
 	handler.once = new(sync.Once)
 }
 
-// TODO: Can add support to parse the raw reponse JSON and mark languages that are not in
+// TODO: Can add support to parse the raw response JSON and mark languages that are not in
 // our defined Language consts in clients/languages.go as "not supported languages".
 func (handler *languagesHandler) setup() error {
 	handler.once.Do(func() {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (handler *languagesHandler) setup() error {
 			return
 		}
 		bodyJSON := map[clients.LanguageName]int{}
-		// The client.repoClient.Do API writes the reponse body to var bodyJSON,
+		// The client.repoClient.Do API writes the response body to var bodyJSON,
 		// so we can ignore the first returned variable (the entire http response object)
 		// since we only need the response body here.
 		_, err = client.Do(handler.ctx, req, &bodyJSON)
diff --git a/pkg/sarif.go b/pkg/sarif.go
index 1db4ca90fe6..306eda4def5 100644
--- a/pkg/sarif.go
+++ b/pkg/sarif.go
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ func (r *ScorecardResult) AsSARIF(showDetails bool, logLevel log.Level,
 		// We need to create a run entry even if the check is disabled or the policy is satisfied.
 		// The reason is the following: if a check has findings and is later fixed by a user,
 		// the absence of run for the check will indicate that the check was *not* run,
-		// so GitHub would keep the findings in the dahsboard. We don't want that.
+		// so GitHub would keep the findings in the dashboard. We don't want that.
 		category, err := computeCategory(sarifCheckName, doc.GetSupportedRepoTypes())
 		if err != nil {
 			return sce.WithMessage(sce.ErrScorecardInternal, fmt.Sprintf("computeCategory: %v: %s", err, check.Name))
diff --git a/policy/policy_test.go b/policy/policy_test.go
index 306519b51ea..4ba9cb006ca 100644
--- a/policy/policy_test.go
+++ b/policy/policy_test.go
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ func TestPolicyRead(t *testing.T) {
 			result: ScorecardPolicy{
 				Version: 1,
 				Policies: map[string]*CheckPolicy{
-					"Token-Permissions": &CheckPolicy{
+					"Token-Permissions": {
 						Score: 3,
 						Mode:  CheckPolicy_DISABLED,
 					},
-					"Branch-Protection": &CheckPolicy{
+					"Branch-Protection": {
 						Score: 5,
 						Mode:  CheckPolicy_ENFORCED,
 					},
-					"Vulnerabilities": &CheckPolicy{
+					"Vulnerabilities": {
 						Score: 1,
 						Mode:  CheckPolicy_ENFORCED,
 					},
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ func TestPolicyRead(t *testing.T) {
 			result: ScorecardPolicy{
 				Version: 1,
 				Policies: map[string]*CheckPolicy{
-					"Token-Permissions": &CheckPolicy{
+					"Token-Permissions": {
 						Score: 0,
 						Mode:  CheckPolicy_DISABLED,
 					},
-					"Branch-Protection": &CheckPolicy{
+					"Branch-Protection": {
 						Score: 5,
 						Mode:  CheckPolicy_ENFORCED,
 					},
-					"Vulnerabilities": &CheckPolicy{
+					"Vulnerabilities": {
 						Score: 1,
 						Mode:  CheckPolicy_ENFORCED,
 					},