diff --git a/src/compress/flate/deflate.go b/src/compress/flate/deflate.go
index aa8e088615..6697f3a791 100644
--- a/src/compress/flate/deflate.go
+++ b/src/compress/flate/deflate.go
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ func NewWriter(w io.Writer, level int) (*Writer, error) {
 // [Writer] with a preset dictionary. The returned [Writer] behaves
 // as if the dictionary had been written to it without producing
 // any compressed output. The compressed data written to w
-// can only be decompressed by a [Reader] initialized with the
-// same dictionary.
+// can only be decompressed by a reader initialized with the
+// same dictionary (see [NewReaderDict]).
 func NewWriterDict(w io.Writer, level int, dict []byte) (*Writer, error) {
 	dw := &dictWriter{w}
 	zw, err := NewWriter(dw, level)
diff --git a/src/compress/flate/inflate.go b/src/compress/flate/inflate.go
index 3f2172bb58..4ed6aade14 100644
--- a/src/compress/flate/inflate.go
+++ b/src/compress/flate/inflate.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (h *huffmanDecoder) init(lengths []int) bool {
 }
 
 // The actual read interface needed by [NewReader].
-// If the passed in io.Reader does not also have ReadByte,
+// If the passed in [io.Reader] does not also have ReadByte,
 // the [NewReader] will introduce its own buffering.
 type Reader interface {
 	io.Reader
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ func NewReader(r io.Reader) io.ReadCloser {
 }
 
 // NewReaderDict is like [NewReader] but initializes the reader
-// with a preset dictionary. The returned [Reader] behaves as if
+// with a preset dictionary. The returned reader behaves as if
 // the uncompressed data stream started with the given dictionary,
 // which has already been read. NewReaderDict is typically used
 // to read data compressed by [NewWriterDict].
diff --git a/src/compress/gzip/gunzip.go b/src/compress/gzip/gunzip.go
index f3142dbf33..cfc4824015 100644
--- a/src/compress/gzip/gunzip.go
+++ b/src/compress/gzip/gunzip.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (z *Reader) readHeader() (hdr Header, err error) {
 	return hdr, nil
 }
 
-// Read implements [io.Reader], reading uncompressed bytes from its underlying [Reader].
+// Read implements [io.Reader], reading uncompressed bytes from its underlying reader.
 func (z *Reader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if z.err != nil {
 		return 0, z.err
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (z *Reader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
-// Close closes the [Reader]. It does not close the underlying [io.Reader].
+// Close closes the [Reader]. It does not close the underlying reader.
 // In order for the GZIP checksum to be verified, the reader must be
 // fully consumed until the [io.EOF].
 func (z *Reader) Close() error { return z.decompressor.Close() }
diff --git a/src/compress/lzw/reader.go b/src/compress/lzw/reader.go
index 678e6253d0..00f2d72792 100644
--- a/src/compress/lzw/reader.go
+++ b/src/compress/lzw/reader.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (r *Reader) readMSB() (uint16, error) {
 	return code, nil
 }
 
-// Read implements io.Reader, reading uncompressed bytes from its underlying [Reader].
+// Read implements io.Reader, reading uncompressed bytes from its underlying reader.
 func (r *Reader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	for {
 		if len(r.toRead) > 0 {