diff --git a/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go b/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
index 1ced41e9975b..89cdf0bfca14 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/passphrase.go
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func (ks keyStorePassphrase) StoreKey(filename string, key *Key, auth string) er
 				"Please file a ticket at:\n\n" +
 				"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues." +
 				"The error was : %s"
+			//lint:ignore ST1005 This is a message for the user
 			return fmt.Errorf(msg, tmpName, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ func DecryptKey(keyjson []byte, auth string) (*Key, error) {
 
 func DecryptDataV3(cryptoJson CryptoJSON, auth string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if cryptoJson.Cipher != "aes-128-ctr" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Cipher not supported: %v", cryptoJson.Cipher)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cipher not supported: %v", cryptoJson.Cipher)
 	}
 	mac, err := hex.DecodeString(cryptoJson.MAC)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ func DecryptDataV3(cryptoJson CryptoJSON, auth string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func decryptKeyV3(keyProtected *encryptedKeyJSONV3, auth string) (keyBytes []byte, keyId []byte, err error) {
 	if keyProtected.Version != version {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Version not supported: %v", keyProtected.Version)
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("version not supported: %v", keyProtected.Version)
 	}
 	keyId = uuid.Parse(keyProtected.Id)
 	plainText, err := DecryptDataV3(keyProtected.Crypto, auth)
@@ -335,13 +336,13 @@ func getKDFKey(cryptoJSON CryptoJSON, auth string) ([]byte, error) {
 		c := ensureInt(cryptoJSON.KDFParams["c"])
 		prf := cryptoJSON.KDFParams["prf"].(string)
 		if prf != "hmac-sha256" {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unsupported PBKDF2 PRF: %s", prf)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported PBKDF2 PRF: %s", prf)
 		}
 		key := pbkdf2.Key(authArray, salt, c, dkLen, sha256.New)
 		return key, nil
 	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unsupported KDF: %s", cryptoJSON.KDF)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported KDF: %s", cryptoJSON.KDF)
 }
 
 // TODO: can we do without this when unmarshalling dynamic JSON?