diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b1e4c68db6..9fb4fc70ba 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Contributing to axum
 
-:balloon: Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
+🎈 Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
 you!
 
 There are opportunities to contribute to `axum` at any level. It doesn't
diff --git a/axum-core/README.md b/axum-core/README.md
index bd5efbeb01..01ff4e5105 100644
--- a/axum-core/README.md
+++ b/axum-core/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ with your question.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-:balloon: Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
+🎈 Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
 you! We have a [contributing guide][contributing] to help you get involved in the
 `axum` project.
 
diff --git a/axum-extra/README.md b/axum-extra/README.md
index d2c5646b2e..cef5689841 100644
--- a/axum-extra/README.md
+++ b/axum-extra/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ with your question.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-:balloon: Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
+🎈 Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
 you! We have a [contributing guide][contributing] to help you get involved in the
 `axum` project.
 
diff --git a/axum-macros/README.md b/axum-macros/README.md
index 7fa1bd2dea..e411e4170c 100644
--- a/axum-macros/README.md
+++ b/axum-macros/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ with your question.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-:balloon: Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
+🎈 Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
 you! We have a [contributing guide][contributing] to help you get involved in the
 `axum` project.
 
diff --git a/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via.rs b/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via.rs
index 632adb56ca..cf4ae789f8 100644
--- a/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via.rs
+++ b/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use axum::{
-    extract::{State, FromRef},
+    extract::{FromRef, State},
     routing::get,
     Router,
 };
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ enum InnerState {}
 
 impl FromRef<AppState> for InnerState {
     fn from_ref(_: &AppState) -> Self {
-        todo!(":shrug:")
+        todo!("🤷")
     }
 }
diff --git a/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via_parts.rs b/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via_parts.rs
index 664ff3ab4d..04de8223f0 100644
--- a/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via_parts.rs
+++ b/axum-macros/tests/from_request/pass/state_enum_via_parts.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use axum::{
-    extract::{State, FromRef},
+    extract::{FromRef, State},
     routing::get,
     Router,
 };
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ enum InnerState {}
 
 impl FromRef<AppState> for InnerState {
     fn from_ref(_: &AppState) -> Self {
-        todo!(":shrug:")
+        todo!("🤷")
     }
 }
diff --git a/axum/README.md b/axum/README.md
index c01a1ca4f5..a97b734cfd 100644
--- a/axum/README.md
+++ b/axum/README.md
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ built with `axum`.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-:balloon: Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
+🎈 Thanks for your help improving the project! We are so happy to have
 you! We have a [contributing guide][contributing] to help you get involved in the
 `axum` project.
 
diff --git a/axum/src/docs/error_handling.md b/axum/src/docs/error_handling.md
index 02f6f74025..cff306932e 100644
--- a/axum/src/docs/error_handling.md
+++ b/axum/src/docs/error_handling.md
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ in handlers. See those examples:
 * [`anyhow-error-response`][anyhow] for generic boxed errors
 * [`error-handling-and-dependency-injection`][ehdi] for application-specific detailed errors
 
-[anyhow]:https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/anyhow-error-response/src/main.rs
-[ehdi]:https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
+[anyhow]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/anyhow-error-response/src/main.rs
+[ehdi]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
 
 This also applies to extractors. If an extractor doesn't match the request the
 request will be rejected and a response will be returned without calling your
diff --git a/axum/src/handler/mod.rs b/axum/src/handler/mod.rs
index ea352b9a2a..5efa29bad2 100644
--- a/axum/src/handler/mod.rs
+++ b/axum/src/handler/mod.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 //! * [`anyhow-error-response`][anyhow] for generic boxed errors
 //! * [`error-handling-and-dependency-injection`][ehdi] for application-specific detailed errors
 //!
-//! [anyhow]:https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/anyhow-error-response/src/main.rs
-//! [ehdi]:https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
+//! [anyhow]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/anyhow-error-response/src/main.rs
+//! [ehdi]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/error-handling-and-dependency-injection/src/main.rs
 //!
 #![doc = include_str!("../docs/debugging_handler_type_errors.md")]
 
diff --git a/axum/src/routing/method_routing.rs b/axum/src/routing/method_routing.rs
index e1545a002f..98b71950b7 100644
--- a/axum/src/routing/method_routing.rs
+++ b/axum/src/routing/method_routing.rs
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ mod tests {
     async fn buiding_complex_router() {
         let app = crate::Router::new().route(
             "/",
-            // use the all the things :bomb:
+            // use the all the things 💣️
             get(ok)
                 .post(ok)
                 .route_layer(ValidateRequestHeaderLayer::bearer("password"))