diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index 4f9cdb5cb88f..8ee42020baa4 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ linters-settings:
     allow-leading-space: true
     # Exclude following linters from requiring an explanation.  Default is [].
     allow-no-explanation: []
-    # Enable to require an explanation after each nolint directive. Default is false.
+    # Enable to require an explanation of nonzero length after each nolint directive. Default is false.
     require-explanation: true
-    # Enable to require an explanation after each nolint directive. Default is false.
+    # Enable to require nolint directives to mention the specific linter being suppressed. Default is false.
     require-specific: true
   rowserrcheck:
     packages:
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
index 634cdc28c3bb..f00fd0b37aab 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 		// nolintlint must be last because it looks at the results of all the previous linters for unused nolint directives
 		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewNoLintLint()).
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetStyle).
-			WithURL("https://github.com/golangci-lint/pkg/golinters/nolintlint"),
+			WithURL("https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/master/pkg/golinters/nolintlint/README.md"),
 	}
 
 	isLocalRun := os.Getenv("GOLANGCI_COM_RUN") == ""
diff --git a/pkg/result/processors/nolint_test.go b/pkg/result/processors/nolint_test.go
index 9fe50c4c6b7d..b400ad2be0b5 100644
--- a/pkg/result/processors/nolint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/result/processors/nolint_test.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func TestNolintUnused(t *testing.T) {
 		return NewNolint(log, dbManager, enabledLintersMap)
 	}
 
-	// the issues below the nolintlint issues that would be generated for the test file
+	// the issue below is the nolintlint issue that would be generated for the test file
 	nolintlintIssueVarcheck := result.Issue{
 		Pos: token.Position{
 			Filename: fileName,