diff --git a/node/pkg/governor/flow_cancel_tokens.go b/node/pkg/governor/flow_cancel_tokens.go
index fb944c3a37..c4d95c150a 100644
--- a/node/pkg/governor/flow_cancel_tokens.go
+++ b/node/pkg/governor/flow_cancel_tokens.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package governor
 
-// FlowCancelTokenList Returns a list of `tokenConfigEntry`s representing tokens that can 'Flow Cancel'. This means that incoming transfers
+// FlowCancelTokenList returns a list of `tokenConfigEntry`s representing tokens that can 'Flow Cancel'. This means that incoming transfers
 // that use these tokens can reduce the 'daily usage' of the Governor configured for the destination chain.
 // The list of tokens was generated by grepping the file `generated_mainnet_tokens.go` for "USDC", "USDT", and "DAI".
 //
diff --git a/node/pkg/governor/governor.go b/node/pkg/governor/governor.go
index f063cb23bd..5b7f3a9963 100644
--- a/node/pkg/governor/governor.go
+++ b/node/pkg/governor/governor.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-// newTransferFromDbTransfer function    Perform a bounds check on dbTransfer.Value to ensure it can fit into int64.
+// newTransferFromDbTransfer performs a bounds check on dbTransfer.Value to ensure it can fit into int64.
 // This should always be the case for normal operation as dbTransfer.Value represents the USD value of a transfer.
 func newTransferFromDbTransfer(dbTransfer *db.Transfer) (tx transfer, err error) {
 	if dbTransfer.Value > math.MaxInt64 {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func newTransferFromDbTransfer(dbTransfer *db.Transfer) (tx transfer, err error)
 	return transfer{dbTransfer, int64(dbTransfer.Value)}, nil
 }
 
-// addFlowCancelTransfer method    Appends a transfer to a ChainEntry's transfers property.
+// addFlowCancelTransfer appends a transfer to a ChainEntry's transfers property.
 // SECURITY: The calling code is responsible for ensuring that the asset within the transfer is a flow-cancelling asset.
 // SECURITY: This method performs validation to ensure that the Flow Cancel transfer is valid. This is important to
 // ensure that the Governor usage cannot be lowered due to malicious or invalid transfers.
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (ce *chainEntry) addFlowCancelTransfer(transfer transfer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// addFlowCancelTransferFromDbTransfer method    Helper method to convert a dbTransfer to a transfer and add it to the
+// addFlowCancelTransferFromDbTransfer converts a dbTransfer to a transfer and adds it to the
 // Chain Entry.
 // Validation of transfer data is performed by other methods: see addFlowCancelTransfer, newTransferFromDbTransfer.
 func (ce *chainEntry) addFlowCancelTransferFromDbTransfer(dbTransfer *db.Transfer) error {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (ce *chainEntry) addFlowCancelTransferFromDbTransfer(dbTransfer *db.Transfe
 	return nil
 }
 
-// inverse method  Takes a transfer and returns a copy of that transfer with the
+// inverse takes a transfer and returns a copy of that transfer with the
 // additive inverse of its Value property (i.e. flip the sign).
 func (t *transfer) inverse() transfer {
 	return transfer{t.dbTransfer, -t.value}
diff --git a/node/pkg/governor/governor_monitoring.go b/node/pkg/governor/governor_monitoring.go
index 73733efcef..bf7850526c 100644
--- a/node/pkg/governor/governor_monitoring.go
+++ b/node/pkg/governor/governor_monitoring.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (gov *ChainGovernor) resetReleaseTimerForTime(vaaId string, now time.Time)
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("vaa not found in the pending list")
 }
 
-// sumValue function    Sums the value of all `transfers`. See also `TrimAndSumValue`.
+// sumValue function sums the value of all `transfers`. See also `TrimAndSumValue`.
 func sumValue(transfers []transfer, startTime time.Time) uint64 {
 	if len(transfers) == 0 {
 		return 0
diff --git a/node/pkg/governor/governor_test.go b/node/pkg/governor/governor_test.go
index 82d9583bad..8689a360d1 100644
--- a/node/pkg/governor/governor_test.go
+++ b/node/pkg/governor/governor_test.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (gov *ChainGovernor) setTokenForTesting(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// getStatsForAllChains method    Sums the number of transfers, value of all transfers, number of pending transfers,
+// getStatsForAllChains sums the number of transfers, value of all transfers, number of pending transfers,
 // and the value of the pending transfers.
 // Note that 'flow cancel transfers' are not included and therefore the values returned by this function may not
 // match the Governor usage.