diff --git a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-lint b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-lint
index 038b474b1c..df7f2b007e 100644
--- a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-lint
+++ b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-lint
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ unset IFS
 
 errors=()
 for f in "${files[@]}"; do
-	# we use "git show" here to validate that what's committed passes go vet
 	failedLint=$(golint "$f")
 	if [ "$failedLint" ]; then
 		errors+=( "$failedLint" )
diff --git a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-test b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-test
index d9d05f3bea..8dc86f11d7 100644
--- a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-test
+++ b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-test
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ for f in "${files[@]}"; do
 		continue
 	fi
 
-	# we use "git show" here to validate that what's committed is formatted
+	# we use "git show" here to validate that what's committed doesn't contain golang built-in testing
 	if git show "$VALIDATE_HEAD:$f" | grep -q testing.T; then
 		badFiles+=( "$f" )
 	fi
diff --git a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-toml b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-toml
index 18f26ee757..f6393c854d 100644
--- a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-toml
+++ b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ unset IFS
 
 badFiles=()
 for f in "${files[@]}"; do
-	# we use "git show" here to validate that what's committed is formatted
+	# we use "git show" here to validate that what's committed has valid toml syntax
 	if ! git show "$VALIDATE_HEAD:$f" | tomlv /proc/self/fd/0 ; then
 		badFiles+=( "$f" )
 	fi
diff --git a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-vet b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-vet
index febe93e5c1..d543509a53 100644
--- a/components/engine/hack/make/validate-vet
+++ b/components/engine/hack/make/validate-vet
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ unset IFS
 
 errors=()
 for f in "${files[@]}"; do
-	# we use "git show" here to validate that what's committed passes go vet
 	failedVet=$(go vet "$f")
 	if [ "$failedVet" ]; then
 		errors+=( "$failedVet" )