diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/requests/RenameTableRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/requests/RenameTableRequest.java
index 9f7c42b715ad..c3430baec584 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/requests/RenameTableRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/requests/RenameTableRequest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ private RenameTableRequest(TableIdentifier source, TableIdentifier destination)
     validate();
   }
 
+  @Override
   public void validate() {
     Preconditions.checkArgument(source != null, "Invalid source table: null");
     Preconditions.checkArgument(destination != null, "Invalid destination table: null");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/LoadTableResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/LoadTableResponse.java
index 83da540863f7..d96db0605911 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/LoadTableResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/LoadTableResponse.java
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.rest.RESTResponse;
 
 /**
- *
+ * A REST response that is used when a table is successfully loaded.
+ * <p>
+ * This class is used whenever the response to a request is a table's requested metadata and the associated location
+ * of its metadata, to reduce code duplication. This includes using this class as the response for
+ * {@link org.apache.iceberg.rest.requests.CreateTableRequest}, including when that request is used to commit
+ * an already staged table creation as part of a transaction.
  */
 public class LoadTableResponse implements RESTResponse {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/OAuthTokenResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/OAuthTokenResponse.java
index fdda034722c5..239aa3ee476c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/OAuthTokenResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/responses/OAuthTokenResponse.java
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ public static class Builder {
     private Integer expiresInSeconds;
     private final List<String> scopes = Lists.newArrayList();
 
+    private Builder() {
+    }
+
     public Builder withToken(String token) {
       this.accessToken = token;
       return this;