diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
index e7df0cc53..8547e1136 100644
--- a/doc/developer-notes.md
+++ b/doc/developer-notes.md
@@ -249,12 +249,12 @@ Strings and formatting
 ------------------------
 
 - Avoid using locale dependent functions if possible. You can use the provided
-  [`lint-locale-dependence.sh`](/contrib/devtools/lint-locale-dependence.sh)
-  to check for accidental use of locale dependent functions.
+  [`lint-locale-dependence.sh`](../test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh)
+  to check for accidental use of locale-dependent functions.
 
   - *Rationale*: Unnecessary locale dependence can cause bugs that are very tricky to isolate and fix.
 
-  - These functions are known to be locale dependent:
+  - These functions are known to be locale-dependent:
     `alphasort`, `asctime`, `asprintf`, `atof`, `atoi`, `atol`, `atoll`, `atoq`,
     `btowc`, `ctime`, `dprintf`, `fgetwc`, `fgetws`, `fprintf`, `fputwc`,
     `fputws`, `fscanf`, `fwprintf`, `getdate`, `getwc`, `getwchar`, `isalnum`,
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-all.sh b/test/lint/lint-all.sh
index fabc24c91..8d6ed8e4b 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-all.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-all.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # This script runs all contrib/devtools/lint-*.sh files, and fails if any exit
 # with a non-zero status code.
 
-# This script is intentionally locale dependent by not setting "export LC_ALL=C"
+# This script is intentionally locale-dependent by not setting "export LC_ALL=C".
 # in order to allow for the executed lint scripts to opt in or opt out of locale
 # dependence themselves.
 
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
index cb60006cf..ea887020f 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ for LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION in "${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS[@]}"; do
 done
 if [[ ${EXIT_CODE} != 0 ]]; then
     echo "Unnecessary locale dependence can cause bugs that are very"
-    echo "tricky to isolate and fix. Please avoid using locale dependent"
+    echo "tricky to isolate and fix. Please avoid using locale-dependent"
     echo "functions if possible."
     echo
     echo "Advice not applicable in this specific case? Add an exception"
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh b/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh
index cbb15d499..f4ef7698a 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-shell-locale.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 
 EXIT_CODE=0
 for SHELL_SCRIPT in $(git ls-files -- "*.sh" | grep -vE "src/(secp256k1|univalue)/"); do
-    if grep -q "# This script is intentionally locale dependent by not setting \"export LC_ALL=C\"" "${SHELL_SCRIPT}"; then
+    if grep -q "# This script is intentionally locale-dependent by not setting \"export LC_ALL=C\"." "${SHELL_SCRIPT}"; then
         continue
     fi
     FIRST_NON_COMMENT_LINE=$(grep -vE '^(#.*)?$' "${SHELL_SCRIPT}" | head -1)