diff --git a/cmd/gator/sync/verify/verify.go b/cmd/gator/sync/verify/verify.go
index ea703be7598..3964c1b38c3 100644
--- a/cmd/gator/sync/verify/verify.go
+++ b/cmd/gator/sync/verify/verify.go
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	if len(missingRequirements) > 0 {
-		cmdutils.ErrFatalf("The following requirements were not met: \n%v", resultsToString(missingRequirements))
+		cmdutils.ErrFatalf("the following requirements were not met: \n%v", resultsToString(missingRequirements))
 	}
 
 	if len(templateErrors) > 0 {
-		cmdutils.ErrFatalf("Encountered errors parsing the following templates: \n%v", resultsToString(templateErrors))
+		cmdutils.ErrFatalf("encountered errors parsing the following templates: \n%v", resultsToString(templateErrors))
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("All template requirements met.")
+	fmt.Println("all template requirements met")
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gator/sync/verify/verify.go b/pkg/gator/sync/verify/verify.go
index a342dbbedc7..73f55b7aa6f 100644
--- a/pkg/gator/sync/verify/verify.go
+++ b/pkg/gator/sync/verify/verify.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 // Reads a list of unstructured objects and a string containing supported GVKs and
-// outputs a set of missing sync requirements per template and ingestion problems per template
+// outputs a set of missing sync requirements per template and ingestion problems per template.
 func Verify(unstrucs []*unstructured.Unstructured, supportedGVKs SupportedGVKs) (map[string]parser.SyncRequirements, map[string]error, error) {
 	templates := []*templates.ConstraintTemplate{}
 	syncedGVKs := map[schema.GroupVersionKind]struct{}{}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func Verify(unstrucs []*unstructured.Unstructured, supportedGVKs SupportedGVKs)
 			}
 		} else if reader.IsConfig(obj) {
 			if hasConfig {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Multiple configs found. Config is a singleton resource.")
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple configs found. Config is a singleton resource")
 			}
 			config, err := reader.ToConfig(scheme, obj)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func Verify(unstrucs []*unstructured.Unstructured, supportedGVKs SupportedGVKs)
 			}
 			templates = append(templates, templ)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("Skipping unstructured %q because it is not a syncset, config, or template\n", obj.GetName())
+			fmt.Printf("skipping unstructured %q because it is not a syncset, config, or template\n", obj.GetName())
 		}
 	}