diff --git a/internal/cron/cron.go b/internal/cron/cron.go
index 6055da7a..03411ddb 100644
--- a/internal/cron/cron.go
+++ b/internal/cron/cron.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (c *Cron) Entries() []Entry {
 	return c.entrySnapshot()
 }
 
-// Location gets the time zone location
+// Location gets the time zone location.
 func (c *Cron) Location() *time.Location {
 	return c.location
 }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (c *Cron) Start() {
 		return
 	}
 	c.running = true
-	go c.run()
+	go c.runScheduler()
 }
 
 // Run the cron scheduler, or no-op if already running.
@@ -231,12 +231,12 @@ func (c *Cron) Run() {
 	}
 	c.running = true
 	c.runningMu.Unlock()
-	c.run()
+	c.runScheduler()
 }
 
-// run the scheduler.. this is private just due to the need to synchronize
+// runScheduler runs the scheduler.. this is private just due to the need to synchronize
 // access to the 'running' state variable.
-func (c *Cron) run() {
+func (c *Cron) runScheduler() {
 	c.logger.Info("start")
 
 	// Figure out the next activation times for each entry.
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func (c *Cron) startJob(j Job) {
 	}()
 }
 
-// now returns current time in c location
+// now returns current time in c location.
 func (c *Cron) now() time.Time {
 	return time.Now().In(c.location)
 }
diff --git a/internal/cron/logger.go b/internal/cron/logger.go
index bfb89f36..2a361176 100644
--- a/internal/cron/logger.go
+++ b/internal/cron/logger.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // DefaultLogger is used by Cron if none is specified.
-var DefaultLogger Logger = PrintfLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "cron: ", log.LstdFlags))
+var DefaultLogger = PrintfLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "cron: ", log.LstdFlags))
 
 // DiscardLogger can be used by callers to discard all log messages.
-var DiscardLogger Logger = PrintfLogger(log.New(io.Discard, "", 0))
+var DiscardLogger = PrintfLogger(log.New(io.Discard, "", 0))
 
 // Logger is the interface used in this package for logging, so that any backend
 // can be plugged in. It is a subset of the github.com/go-logr/logr interface.
diff --git a/internal/cron/parser.go b/internal/cron/parser.go
index d19ccc6e..e1607a11 100644
--- a/internal/cron/parser.go
+++ b/internal/cron/parser.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func getBits(min, max, step uint) uint64 {
 	return bits
 }
 
-// all returns all bits within the given bounds.  (plus the star bit)
+// all returns all bits within the given bounds.
 func all(r bounds) uint64 {
 	return getBits(r.min, r.max, 1) | starBit
 }
diff --git a/internal/cron/spec.go b/internal/cron/spec.go
index fa1e241e..9821a6a2 100644
--- a/internal/cron/spec.go
+++ b/internal/cron/spec.go
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ WRAP:
 // restrictions are satisfied by the given time.
 func dayMatches(s *SpecSchedule, t time.Time) bool {
 	var (
-		domMatch bool = 1<<uint(t.Day())&s.Dom > 0
-		dowMatch bool = 1<<uint(t.Weekday())&s.Dow > 0
+		domMatch = 1<<uint(t.Day())&s.Dom > 0
+		dowMatch = 1<<uint(t.Weekday())&s.Dow > 0
 	)
 	if s.Dom&starBit > 0 || s.Dow&starBit > 0 {
 		return domMatch && dowMatch