diff --git a/.golangci.reference.yml b/.golangci.reference.yml
index c54e75c4dfc4..dde175ca6b10 100644
--- a/.golangci.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.reference.yml
@@ -1917,24 +1917,25 @@ linters-settings:
     # Default: false
     disable-end-check: true
 
-    # Enable all checks. This overrides individual check settings.
+    # Enable all checks.
+    # This overrides individual check settings.
     # Default: false
     enable-all: true
 
-    # Enables a check that `span.RecordError` is called whenever a path to a return statement with an error
-    # is found. Developers should use `span.RecordError(err)` to create an exception event on the span.
+    # Enables a check that `span.RecordError` is called whenever a path to a return statement with an error is found.
+    # Developers should use `span.RecordError(err)` to create an exception event on the span.
     # https://github.com/jjti/go-spancheck#checks
     # Default: false
     enable-record-error-check: true
 
-    # Enables a check that `span.SetStatus` is called whenever a path to a return statement with an error
-    # is found. Developers should use `span.SetStatus(codes.Error, msg)` to set the `status:error` attribute
-    # on the span.
+    # Enables a check that `span.SetStatus` is called whenever a path to a return statement with an error is found.
+    # Developers should use `span.SetStatus(codes.Error, msg)` to set the `status:error` attribute on the span.
     # https://github.com/jjti/go-spancheck#checks
     # Default: false
     enable-set-status-check: true
 
-    # A slice of regexes for function signatures that, if found in the call path to an error return statement,
+    # A slice of regexes for function signatures that,
+    # if found in the call path to an error return statement,
     # should silence the RecordError check.
     # https://github.com/jjti/go-spancheck#configuration
     # Default: []