diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 7a5fdc07abf..affba1f8378 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ linters:
     - goimports
     - gosimple
     - govet
+    - godot
     - ineffassign
     - misspell
     - revive
@@ -45,3 +46,9 @@ linters-settings:
       - cancelled
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: go.opentelemetry.io
+  godot:
+    exclude:
+      # Exclude sentence fragments for lists.
+      - '^[ ]*[-•]'
+      # Exclude sentences prefixing a list.
+      - ':$'
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go b/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go
index 9ec375d3a44..e5d0410629e 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/exporter.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 var errConversion = errors.New("Unable to convert from OpenCensus to OpenTelemetry")
 
 // NewMetricExporter returns an OpenCensus exporter that exports to an
-// OpenTelemetry exporter
+// OpenTelemetry exporter.
 func NewMetricExporter(base export.Exporter) metricexport.Exporter {
 	return &exporter{base: base}
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type exporter struct {
 	base export.Exporter
 }
 
-// ExportMetrics implements the OpenCensus metric Exporter interface
+// ExportMetrics implements the OpenCensus metric Exporter interface.
 func (e *exporter) ExportMetrics(ctx context.Context, metrics []*metricdata.Metric) error {
 	res := resource.Empty()
 	if len(metrics) != 0 {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func convertResource(res *ocresource.Resource) *resource.Resource {
 	return resource.NewSchemaless(attrs...)
 }
 
-// convertDescriptor converts an OpenCensus Descriptor to an OpenTelemetry Descriptor
+// convertDescriptor converts an OpenCensus Descriptor to an OpenTelemetry Descriptor.
 func convertDescriptor(ocDescriptor metricdata.Descriptor) (sdkapi.Descriptor, error) {
 	var (
 		nkind number.Kind
diff --git a/example/opencensus/main.go b/example/opencensus/main.go
index ceccb82d083..536cce597fa 100644
--- a/example/opencensus/main.go
+++ b/example/opencensus/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	// instrumenttype differentiates between our gauge and view metrics.
 	keyType = tag.MustNewKey("instrumenttype")
-	// Counts the number of lines read in from standard input
+	// Counts the number of lines read in from standard input.
 	countMeasure = stats.Int64("test_count", "A count of something", stats.UnitDimensionless)
 	countView    = &view.View{
 		Name:        "test_count",
diff --git a/example/passthrough/handler/handler.go b/example/passthrough/handler/handler.go
index 10664baec6f..1ba439deac2 100644
--- a/example/passthrough/handler/handler.go
+++ b/example/passthrough/handler/handler.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func New(next func(r *http.Request)) *Handler {
 	}
 }
 
-// HandleHTTPReq mimics what an instrumented http server does
+// HandleHTTPReq mimics what an instrumented http server does.
 func (h *Handler) HandleHTTPReq(r *http.Request) {
 	ctx := h.propagators.Extract(r.Context(), propagation.HeaderCarrier(r.Header))
 	var span trace.Span
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleHTTPReq(r *http.Request) {
 	h.makeOutgoingRequest(ctx)
 }
 
-// makeOutgoingRequest mimics what an instrumented http client does
+// makeOutgoingRequest mimics what an instrumented http client does.
 func (h *Handler) makeOutgoingRequest(ctx context.Context) {
 	// make a new http request
 	r, err := http.NewRequest("", "", nil)
diff --git a/example/passthrough/main.go b/example/passthrough/main.go
index 0d5a2d98322..cfab1dabb21 100644
--- a/example/passthrough/main.go
+++ b/example/passthrough/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func initPassthroughGlobals() {
 }
 
 // nonGlobalTracer creates a trace provider instance for testing, but doesn't
-// set it as the global tracer provider
+// set it as the global tracer provider.
 func nonGlobalTracer() *sdktrace.TracerProvider {
 	var err error
 	exp, err := stdouttrace.New(stdouttrace.WithPrettyPrint())
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/agent.go b/exporters/jaeger/agent.go
index 17692fb570e..ed002b83f7a 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/agent.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/agent.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// udpPacketMaxLength is the max size of UDP packet we want to send, synced with jaeger-agent
+	// udpPacketMaxLength is the max size of UDP packet we want to send, synced with jaeger-agent.
 	udpPacketMaxLength = 65000
 	// emitBatchOverhead is the additional overhead bytes used for enveloping the datagram,
 	// synced with jaeger-agent https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go/blob/master/transport_udp.go#L37
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/env.go b/exporters/jaeger/env.go
index 94518980695..a7253e48311 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/env.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/env.go
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-// Environment variable names
+// Environment variable names.
 const (
 	// Hostname for the Jaeger agent, part of address where exporter sends spans
-	// i.e.	"localhost"
+	// i.e.	"localhost".
 	envAgentHost = "OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_AGENT_HOST"
 	// Port for the Jaeger agent, part of address where exporter sends spans
-	// i.e. 6831
+	// i.e. 6831.
 	envAgentPort = "OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_AGENT_PORT"
 	// The HTTP endpoint for sending spans directly to a collector,
 	// i.e. http://jaeger-collector:14268/api/traces.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const (
 	envPassword = "OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_PASSWORD"
 )
 
-// envOr returns an env variable's value if it is exists or the default if not
+// envOr returns an env variable's value if it is exists or the default if not.
 func envOr(key, defaultValue string) string {
 	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok && v != "" {
 		return v
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/reconnecting_udp_client.go b/exporters/jaeger/reconnecting_udp_client.go
index ae4bf87f586..fa2c68ead42 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/reconnecting_udp_client.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/reconnecting_udp_client.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *reconnectingUDPConn) attemptDialNewAddr(newAddr *net.UDPAddr) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Write calls net.udpConn.Write, if it fails an attempt is made to connect to a new addr, if that succeeds the write is retried before returning
+// Write calls net.udpConn.Write, if it fails an attempt is made to connect to a new addr, if that succeeds the write is retried before returning.
 func (c *reconnectingUDPConn) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	var bytesWritten int
 	var err error
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (c *reconnectingUDPConn) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	return bytesWritten, err
 }
 
-// Close stops the reconnectLoop, then closes the connection via net.udpConn 's implementation
+// Close stops the reconnectLoop, then closes the connection via net.udpConn 's implementation.
 func (c *reconnectingUDPConn) Close() error {
 	close(c.closeChan)
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (c *reconnectingUDPConn) Close() error {
 }
 
 // SetWriteBuffer defers to the net.udpConn SetWriteBuffer implementation wrapped with a RLock. if no conn is currently held
-// and SetWriteBuffer is called store bufferBytes to be set for new conns
+// and SetWriteBuffer is called store bufferBytes to be set for new conns.
 func (c *reconnectingUDPConn) SetWriteBuffer(bytes int) error {
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/uploader.go b/exporters/jaeger/uploader.go
index d907f74b9f3..c5cdb0040c0 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/uploader.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/uploader.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger/internal/third_party/thrift/lib/go/thrift"
 )
 
-// batchUploader send a batch of spans to Jaeger
+// batchUploader send a batch of spans to Jaeger.
 type batchUploader interface {
 	upload(context.Context, *gen.Batch) error
 	shutdown(context.Context) error
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/internal/envconfig/envconfig.go b/exporters/otlp/internal/envconfig/envconfig.go
index b696338ec9a..67003c4a2fa 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/internal/envconfig/envconfig.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/internal/envconfig/envconfig.go
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// ConfigFn is the generic function used to set a config
+// ConfigFn is the generic function used to set a config.
 type ConfigFn func(*EnvOptionsReader)
 
-// EnvOptionsReader reads the required environment variables
+// EnvOptionsReader reads the required environment variables.
 type EnvOptionsReader struct {
 	GetEnv    func(string) string
 	ReadFile  func(string) ([]byte, error)
 	Namespace string
 }
 
-// Apply runs every ConfigFn
+// Apply runs every ConfigFn.
 func (e *EnvOptionsReader) Apply(opts ...ConfigFn) {
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(e)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (e *EnvOptionsReader) GetEnvValue(key string) (string, bool) {
 	return v, v != ""
 }
 
-// WithString retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a string
+// WithString retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a string.
 func WithString(n string, fn func(string)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func WithString(n string, fn func(string)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithDuration retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a duration
+// WithDuration retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a duration.
 func WithDuration(n string, fn func(time.Duration)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func WithDuration(n string, fn func(time.Duration)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithHeaders retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a map of HTTP headers
+// WithHeaders retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a map of HTTP headers.
 func WithHeaders(n string, fn func(map[string]string)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func WithHeaders(n string, fn func(map[string]string)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader)
 	}
 }
 
-// WithURL retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a net/url.URL
+// WithURL retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a net/url.URL.
 func WithURL(n string, fn func(*url.URL)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func WithURL(n string, fn func(*url.URL)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithTLSConfig retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a crypto/tls.Config
+// WithTLSConfig retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a crypto/tls.Config.
 func WithTLSConfig(n string, fn func(*tls.Config)) func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go
index 854b271d1fb..c3c514d5a6c 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/metrictransform/metric.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var (
 
 	// ErrIncompatibleAgg is returned when
 	// aggregation.Kind implies an interface conversion that has
-	// failed
+	// failed.
 	ErrIncompatibleAgg = errors.New("incompatible aggregation type")
 
 	// ErrUnknownValueType is returned when a transformation of an unknown value
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go
index d59912ddb6e..36737c9c0e7 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/envconfig"
 )
 
-// DefaultEnvOptionsReader is the default environments reader
+// DefaultEnvOptionsReader is the default environments reader.
 var DefaultEnvOptionsReader = envconfig.EnvOptionsReader{
 	GetEnv:    os.Getenv,
 	ReadFile:  ioutil.ReadFile,
 	Namespace: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP",
 }
 
-// ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for gRPC
+// ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for gRPC.
 func ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs(cfg Config) Config {
 	opts := getOptionsFromEnv()
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs(cfg Config) Config {
 	return cfg
 }
 
-// ApplyHTTPEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for HTTP
+// ApplyHTTPEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for HTTP.
 func ApplyHTTPEnvConfigs(cfg Config) Config {
 	opts := getOptionsFromEnv()
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func withEndpointForGRPC(u *url.URL) func(cfg Config) Config {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithEnvCompression retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a Compression
+// WithEnvCompression retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a Compression.
 func WithEnvCompression(n string, fn func(Compression)) func(e *envconfig.EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *envconfig.EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/client_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/client_test.go
index c81e51e4fe9..694bb3c270a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/client_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/client_test.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestNewExporterInvokeStartThenStopManyTimes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// This test takes a long time to run: to skip it, run tests using: -short
+// This test takes a long time to run: to skip it, run tests using: -short.
 func TestNewExporterCollectorOnBadConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skipf("Skipping this long running test")
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/mock_collector_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/mock_collector_test.go
index 3eecfef39c0..96e5303320a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/mock_collector_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/mock_collector_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (mc *mockCollector) GetMetrics() []*metricpb.Metric {
 	return mc.getMetrics()
 }
 
-// runMockCollector is a helper function to create a mock Collector
+// runMockCollector is a helper function to create a mock Collector.
 func runMockCollector(t *testing.T) *mockCollector {
 	return runMockCollectorAtEndpoint(t, "localhost:0")
 }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go
index dab28ff8fb2..dcc57ceb05f 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/client.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func NewClient(opts ...Option) otlpmetric.Client {
 	}
 }
 
-// Start does nothing in a HTTP client
+// Start does nothing in a HTTP client.
 func (d *client) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// nothing to do
 	select {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go
index 1ff8b1d5fc9..c2c56595985 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/envconfig.go
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/envconfig"
 )
 
-// DefaultEnvOptionsReader is the default environments reader
+// DefaultEnvOptionsReader is the default environments reader.
 var DefaultEnvOptionsReader = envconfig.EnvOptionsReader{
 	GetEnv:    os.Getenv,
 	ReadFile:  ioutil.ReadFile,
 	Namespace: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP",
 }
 
-// ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for gRPC
+// ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for gRPC.
 func ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs(cfg Config) Config {
 	opts := getOptionsFromEnv()
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func ApplyGRPCEnvConfigs(cfg Config) Config {
 	return cfg
 }
 
-// ApplyHTTPEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for HTTP
+// ApplyHTTPEnvConfigs applies the env configurations for HTTP.
 func ApplyHTTPEnvConfigs(cfg Config) Config {
 	opts := getOptionsFromEnv()
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func withEndpointForGRPC(u *url.URL) func(cfg Config) Config {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithEnvCompression retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a Compression
+// WithEnvCompression retrieves the specified config and passes it to ConfigFn as a Compression.
 func WithEnvCompression(n string, fn func(Compression)) func(e *envconfig.EnvOptionsReader) {
 	return func(e *envconfig.EnvOptionsReader) {
 		if v, ok := e.GetEnvValue(n); ok {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/optiontypes.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/optiontypes.go
index d4331e8749f..c2d6c036152 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/optiontypes.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/internal/otlpconfig/optiontypes.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const (
 	GzipCompression
 )
 
-// Marshaler describes the kind of message format sent to the collector
+// Marshaler describes the kind of message format sent to the collector.
 type Marshaler int
 
 const (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/client_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/client_test.go
index 9228001a78c..8f62e393c46 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/client_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/client_test.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestNewInvokeStartThenStopManyTimes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// This test takes a long time to run: to skip it, run tests using: -short
+// This test takes a long time to run: to skip it, run tests using: -short.
 func TestNewCollectorOnBadConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skipf("Skipping this long running test")
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/mock_collector_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/mock_collector_test.go
index 359202aed05..d3ebd8357c7 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/mock_collector_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/mock_collector_test.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (mc *mockCollector) getHeaders() metadata.MD {
 	return mc.traceSvc.getHeaders()
 }
 
-// runMockCollector is a helper function to create a mock Collector
+// runMockCollector is a helper function to create a mock Collector.
 func runMockCollector(t *testing.T) *mockCollector {
 	return runMockCollectorAtEndpoint(t, "localhost:0")
 }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
index 9a1428b444c..45b4b70f1ad 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func NewClient(opts ...Option) otlptrace.Client {
 	}
 }
 
-// Start does nothing in a HTTP client
+// Start does nothing in a HTTP client.
 func (d *client) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// nothing to do
 	select {
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/sanitize.go b/exporters/prometheus/sanitize.go
index cc9eff358cc..b5588435359 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/sanitize.go
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/sanitize.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func sanitize(s string) string {
 	return s
 }
 
-// converts anything that is not a letter or digit to an underscore
+// converts anything that is not a letter or digit to an underscore.
 func sanitizeRune(r rune) rune {
 	if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) {
 		return r
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/env.go b/exporters/zipkin/env.go
index 5c072ee67b5..7f1b60fa4f0 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/env.go
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/env.go
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ package zipkin // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin"
 
 import "os"
 
-// Environment variable names
+// Environment variable names.
 const (
-	// Endpoint for Zipkin collector
+	// Endpoint for Zipkin collector.
 	envEndpoint = "OTEL_EXPORTER_ZIPKIN_ENDPOINT"
 )
 
-// envOr returns an env variable's value if it is exists or the default if not
+// envOr returns an env variable's value if it is exists or the default if not.
 func envOr(key, defaultValue string) string {
 	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok && v != "" {
 		return v
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/model.go b/exporters/zipkin/model.go
index b32291d8852..e3a84ba6ac9 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/model.go
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/model.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func attributesToJSONMapString(attributes []attribute.KeyValue) string {
 	return (string)(jsonBytes)
 }
 
-// attributeToStringPair serializes each attribute to a string pair
+// attributeToStringPair serializes each attribute to a string pair.
 func attributeToStringPair(kv attribute.KeyValue) (string, string) {
 	switch kv.Value.Type() {
 	// For slice attributes, serialize as JSON list string.
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func attributeToStringPair(kv attribute.KeyValue) (string, string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// extraZipkinTags are those that may be added to every outgoing span
+// extraZipkinTags are those that may be added to every outgoing span.
 var extraZipkinTags = []string{
 	"otel.status_code",
 	keyInstrumentationLibraryName,
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 35263e01ac2..b5797bceaa9 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func SetErrorHandler(h ErrorHandler) {
 	globalErrorHandler.setDelegate(h)
 }
 
-// Handle is a convenience function for ErrorHandler().Handle(err)
+// Handle is a convenience function for ErrorHandler().Handle(err).
 func Handle(err error) {
 	GetErrorHandler().Handle(err)
 }
diff --git a/internal/global/internal_logging.go b/internal/global/internal_logging.go
index 0a378476b0f..ccb3258711a 100644
--- a/internal/global/internal_logging.go
+++ b/internal/global/internal_logging.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var globalLoggerLock = &sync.RWMutex{}
 // SetLogger overrides the globalLogger with l.
 //
 // To see Info messages use a logger with `l.V(1).Enabled() == true`
-// To see Debug messages use a logger with `l.V(5).Enabled() == true`
+// To see Debug messages use a logger with `l.V(5).Enabled() == true`.
 func SetLogger(l logr.Logger) {
 	globalLoggerLock.Lock()
 	defer globalLoggerLock.Unlock()
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func SetLogger(l logr.Logger) {
 }
 
 // Info prints messages about the general state of the API or SDK.
-// This should usually be less then 5 messages a minute
+// This should usually be less then 5 messages a minute.
 func Info(msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	globalLoggerLock.RLock()
 	defer globalLoggerLock.RUnlock()
diff --git a/internal/global/util_test.go b/internal/global/util_test.go
index b066a74a20e..d0bca92f6c6 100644
--- a/internal/global/util_test.go
+++ b/internal/global/util_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ResetForTest configures the test to restores the initial global state during
-// its Cleanup step
+// its Cleanup step.
 func ResetForTest(t testing.TB) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		globalTracer = defaultTracerValue()
diff --git a/metric/example_test.go b/metric/example_test.go
index 92e0e2cd958..ed5c80e208a 100644
--- a/metric/example_test.go
+++ b/metric/example_test.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func ExampleMeter_asynchronous_multiple() {
 	}
 }
 
-//This is just an example, see the the contrib runtime instrumentation for real implementation
+//This is just an example, see the the contrib runtime instrumentation for real implementation.
 func computeGCPauses(ctx context.Context, recorder syncfloat64.Histogram, pauseBuff []uint64) {
 
 }
diff --git a/metric/global/global.go b/metric/global/global.go
index 25071bb88ed..05a67c2e999 100644
--- a/metric/global/global.go
+++ b/metric/global/global.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 // that code provides built-in instrumentation. If the instrumentationName is
 // empty, then a implementation defined default name will be used instead.
 //
-// This is short for MeterProvider().Meter(name)
+// This is short for MeterProvider().Meter(name).
 func Meter(instrumentationName string, opts ...metric.MeterOption) metric.Meter {
 	return MeterProvider().Meter(instrumentationName, opts...)
 }
diff --git a/metric/internal/global/instruments.go b/metric/internal/global/instruments.go
index c98dfdf7c99..605771d105f 100644
--- a/metric/internal/global/instruments.go
+++ b/metric/internal/global/instruments.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (i *aiGauge) unwrap() instrument.Asynchronous {
 	return nil
 }
 
-//Sync Instruments
+//Sync Instruments.
 type sfCounter struct {
 	name string
 	opts []instrument.Option
diff --git a/metric/internal/global/meter.go b/metric/internal/global/meter.go
index 1acac5c20cc..0fa924f397c 100644
--- a/metric/internal/global/meter.go
+++ b/metric/internal/global/meter.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func unwrapInstruments(instruments []instrument.Asynchronous) []instrument.Async
 	return out
 }
 
-// SyncInt64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Integer instruments
+// SyncInt64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Integer instruments.
 func (m *meter) SyncInt64() syncint64.InstrumentProvider {
 	if del, ok := m.delegate.Load().(metric.Meter); ok {
 		return del.SyncInt64()
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (m *meter) SyncInt64() syncint64.InstrumentProvider {
 	return (*siInstProvider)(m)
 }
 
-// SyncFloat64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Float instruments
+// SyncFloat64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Float instruments.
 func (m *meter) SyncFloat64() syncfloat64.InstrumentProvider {
 	if del, ok := m.delegate.Load().(metric.Meter); ok {
 		return del.SyncFloat64()
diff --git a/metric/internal/global/meter_types_test.go b/metric/internal/global/meter_types_test.go
index acd07de1847..ac6e93ebe38 100644
--- a/metric/internal/global/meter_types_test.go
+++ b/metric/internal/global/meter_types_test.go
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ func (m *testMeter) RegisterCallback(insts []instrument.Asynchronous, function f
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SyncInt64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Integer instruments
+// SyncInt64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Integer instruments.
 func (m *testMeter) SyncInt64() syncint64.InstrumentProvider {
 	m.siCount++
 	return &testSIInstrumentProvider{}
 }
 
-// SyncFloat64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Float instruments
+// SyncFloat64 is the namespace for the Synchronous Float instruments.
 func (m *testMeter) SyncFloat64() syncfloat64.InstrumentProvider {
 	m.sfCount++
 	return &testSFInstrumentProvider{}
 }
 
-// This enables async collection
+// This enables async collection.
 func (m *testMeter) collect() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	for _, f := range m.callbacks {
diff --git a/schema/v1.0/types/types.go b/schema/v1.0/types/types.go
index 8d7e0583c1f..02caa4485a1 100644
--- a/schema/v1.0/types/types.go
+++ b/schema/v1.0/types/types.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 package types // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/schema/v1.0/types"
 
-// TelemetryVersion is a version number key in the schema file (e.g. "1.7.0")
+// TelemetryVersion is a version number key in the schema file (e.g. "1.7.0").
 type TelemetryVersion string
 
 // SpanName is span name string.
diff --git a/sdk/internal/env/env.go b/sdk/internal/env/env.go
index 1a03bf7af49..5e94b8ae521 100644
--- a/sdk/internal/env/env.go
+++ b/sdk/internal/env/env.go
@@ -21,56 +21,47 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
 )
 
-// Environment variable names
+// Environment variable names.
 const (
-	// BatchSpanProcessorScheduleDelayKey
-	// Delay interval between two consecutive exports.
-	// i.e. 5000
+	// BatchSpanProcessorScheduleDelayKey is the delay interval between two
+	// consecutive exports (i.e. 5000).
 	BatchSpanProcessorScheduleDelayKey = "OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY"
-	// BatchSpanProcessorExportTimeoutKey
-	// Maximum allowed time to export data.
-	// i.e. 3000
+	// BatchSpanProcessorExportTimeoutKey is the maximum allowed time to
+	// export data (i.e. 3000).
 	BatchSpanProcessorExportTimeoutKey = "OTEL_BSP_EXPORT_TIMEOUT"
-	// BatchSpanProcessorMaxQueueSizeKey
-	// Maximum queue size
-	// i.e. 2048
+	// BatchSpanProcessorMaxQueueSizeKey is the maximum queue size (i.e. 2048).
 	BatchSpanProcessorMaxQueueSizeKey = "OTEL_BSP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE"
-	// BatchSpanProcessorMaxExportBatchSizeKey
-	// Maximum batch size
-	// Note: Must be less than or equal to EnvBatchSpanProcessorMaxQueueSize
-	// i.e. 512
+	// BatchSpanProcessorMaxExportBatchSizeKey is the maximum batch size (i.e.
+	// 512). Note: it must be less than or equal to
+	// EnvBatchSpanProcessorMaxQueueSize.
 	BatchSpanProcessorMaxExportBatchSizeKey = "OTEL_BSP_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE"
 
-	// AttributeValueLengthKey
-	// Maximum allowed attribute value size.
+	// AttributeValueLengthKey is the maximum allowed attribute value size.
 	AttributeValueLengthKey = "OTEL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_LENGTH_LIMIT"
 
-	// AttributeCountKey
-	// Maximum allowed span attribute count
+	// AttributeCountKey is the maximum allowed span attribute count.
 	AttributeCountKey = "OTEL_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT"
 
-	// SpanAttributeValueLengthKey
-	// Maximum allowed attribute value size for a span.
+	// SpanAttributeValueLengthKey is the maximum allowed attribute value size
+	// for a span.
 	SpanAttributeValueLengthKey = "OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_LENGTH_LIMIT"
 
-	// SpanAttributeCountKey
-	// Maximum allowed span attribute count for a span.
+	// SpanAttributeCountKey is the maximum allowed span attribute count for a
+	// span.
 	SpanAttributeCountKey = "OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT"
 
-	// SpanEventCountKey
-	// Maximum allowed span event count.
+	// SpanEventCountKey is the maximum allowed span event count.
 	SpanEventCountKey = "OTEL_SPAN_EVENT_COUNT_LIMIT"
 
-	// SpanEventAttributeCountKey
-	// Maximum allowed attribute per span event count.
+	// SpanEventAttributeCountKey is the maximum allowed attribute per span
+	// event count.
 	SpanEventAttributeCountKey = "OTEL_EVENT_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT"
 
-	// SpanLinkCountKey
-	// Maximum allowed span link count.
+	// SpanLinkCountKey is the maximum allowed span link count.
 	SpanLinkCountKey = "OTEL_SPAN_LINK_COUNT_LIMIT"
 
-	// SpanLinkAttributeCountKey
-	// Maximum allowed attribute per span link count.
+	// SpanLinkAttributeCountKey is the maximum allowed attribute per span
+	// link count.
 	SpanLinkAttributeCountKey = "OTEL_LINK_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT"
 )
 
diff --git a/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/exponent/float64.go b/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/exponent/float64.go
index 6deb81192de..41fd45025ba 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/exponent/float64.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/exponent/float64.go
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ const (
 	SignificandMask = 1<<SignificandWidth - 1
 
 	// ExponentBias is the exponent bias specified for encoding
-	// the IEEE 754 double-precision floating point exponent: 1023
+	// the IEEE 754 double-precision floating point exponent: 1023.
 	ExponentBias = 1<<(ExponentWidth-1) - 1
 
 	// ExponentMask are set to 1 for the bits of an IEEE 754
-	// floating point exponent: 0x7FF0000000000000
+	// floating point exponent: 0x7FF0000000000000.
 	ExponentMask = ((1 << ExponentWidth) - 1) << SignificandWidth
 
 	// SignMask selects the sign bit of an IEEE 754 floating point
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ const (
 	SignMask = (1 << (SignificandWidth + ExponentWidth))
 
 	// MinNormalExponent is the minimum exponent of a normalized
-	// floating point: -1022
+	// floating point: -1022.
 	MinNormalExponent int32 = -ExponentBias + 1
 
 	// MaxNormalExponent is the maximum exponent of a normalized
-	// floating point: 1023
+	// floating point: 1023.
 	MaxNormalExponent int32 = ExponentBias
 
 	// MinValue is the smallest normal number.
diff --git a/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/logarithm/logarithm_test.go b/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/logarithm/logarithm_test.go
index ce816ae6927..3016fd682ee 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/logarithm/logarithm_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/aggregator/exponential/mapping/logarithm/logarithm_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestLogarithmIndexMax(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestLogarithmIndexMin ensures that for every valid scale, Non-zero numbers
+// TestLogarithmIndexMin ensures that for every valid scale, Non-zero numbers.
 func TestLogarithmIndexMin(t *testing.T) {
 	for scale := MinScale; scale <= MaxScale; scale++ {
 		m, err := NewMapping(scale)
diff --git a/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram.go b/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram.go
index f4d94b38c5e..1f57f53d392 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var defaultFloat64ExplicitBoundaries = []float64{.005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25,
 const defaultInt64ExplicitBoundaryMultiplier = 1e6
 
 // defaultInt64ExplicitBoundaries applies a multiplier to the default
-// float64 boundaries: [ 5K, 10K, 25K, ..., 2.5M, 5M, 10M ]
+// float64 boundaries: [ 5K, 10K, 25K, ..., 2.5M, 5M, 10M ].
 var defaultInt64ExplicitBoundaries = func(bounds []float64) (asint []float64) {
 	for _, f := range bounds {
 		asint = append(asint, defaultInt64ExplicitBoundaryMultiplier*f)
diff --git a/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram_test.go b/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram_test.go
index b22bd149e5e..d799bb8931f 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/aggregator/histogram/histogram_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestHistogramPositiveAndNegative(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-// Validates count, sum and buckets for a given profile and policy
+// Validates count, sum and buckets for a given profile and policy.
 func testHistogram(t *testing.T, profile aggregatortest.Profile, policy policy) {
 	descriptor := aggregatortest.NewAggregatorTest(sdkapi.HistogramInstrumentKind, profile.NumberKind)
 
diff --git a/sdk/metric/export/aggregation/aggregation.go b/sdk/metric/export/aggregation/aggregation.go
index ea09fa68344..92d6e463ded 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/export/aggregation/aggregation.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/export/aggregation/aggregation.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type (
 	// Buckets represents histogram buckets boundaries and counts.
 	//
 	// For a Histogram with N defined boundaries, e.g, [x, y, z].
-	// There are N+1 counts: [-inf, x), [x, y), [y, z), [z, +inf]
+	// There are N+1 counts: [-inf, x), [x, y), [y, z), [z, +inf].
 	Buckets struct {
 		// Boundaries are floating point numbers, even when
 		// aggregating integers.
diff --git a/sdk/metric/number/number.go b/sdk/metric/number/number.go
index 5fd2f38f663..05fa9f933f2 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/number/number.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/number/number.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const (
 	Float64Kind
 )
 
-// Zero returns a zero value for a given Kind
+// Zero returns a zero value for a given Kind.
 func (k Kind) Zero() Number {
 	switch k {
 	case Int64Kind:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (k Kind) Zero() Number {
 }
 
 // Minimum returns the minimum representable value
-// for a given Kind
+// for a given Kind.
 func (k Kind) Minimum() Number {
 	switch k {
 	case Int64Kind:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (k Kind) Minimum() Number {
 }
 
 // Maximum returns the maximum representable value
-// for a given Kind
+// for a given Kind.
 func (k Kind) Maximum() Number {
 	switch k {
 	case Int64Kind:
diff --git a/sdk/metric/registry/registry_test.go b/sdk/metric/registry/registry_test.go
index 5d2bc9b108f..3fe8d296045 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/registry/registry_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/registry/registry_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func unwrap(impl interface{}, err error) (sdkapi.InstrumentImpl, error) {
 	return nil, err
 }
 
-// TODO Replace with controller
+// TODO Replace with controller.
 func testMeterWithRegistry(name string) metric.Meter {
 	return sdkapi.WrapMeterImpl(
 		registry.NewUniqueInstrumentMeterImpl(
diff --git a/sdk/resource/auto.go b/sdk/resource/auto.go
index a5eaa7e5d39..c1d220408ae 100644
--- a/sdk/resource/auto.go
+++ b/sdk/resource/auto.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 	ErrPartialResource = errors.New("partial resource")
 )
 
-// Detector detects OpenTelemetry resource information
+// Detector detects OpenTelemetry resource information.
 type Detector interface {
 	// DO NOT CHANGE: any modification will not be backwards compatible and
 	// must never be done outside of a new major release.
diff --git a/sdk/resource/builtin.go b/sdk/resource/builtin.go
index 2e963f4b547..c5069d111b2 100644
--- a/sdk/resource/builtin.go
+++ b/sdk/resource/builtin.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (sd stringDetector) Detect(ctx context.Context) (*Resource, error) {
 	return NewWithAttributes(sd.schemaURL, sd.K.String(value)), nil
 }
 
-// Detect implements Detector
+// Detect implements Detector.
 func (defaultServiceNameDetector) Detect(ctx context.Context) (*Resource, error) {
 	return StringDetector(
 		semconv.SchemaURL,
diff --git a/sdk/resource/env.go b/sdk/resource/env.go
index b5b60f467b9..531a68424a0 100644
--- a/sdk/resource/env.go
+++ b/sdk/resource/env.go
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ var (
 // builtin.
 type fromEnv struct{}
 
-// compile time assertion that FromEnv implements Detector interface
+// compile time assertion that FromEnv implements Detector interface.
 var _ Detector = fromEnv{}
 
-// Detect collects resources from environment
+// Detect collects resources from environment.
 func (fromEnv) Detect(context.Context) (*Resource, error) {
 	attrs := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(resourceAttrKey))
 	svcName := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(svcNameKey))
diff --git a/sdk/trace/provider.go b/sdk/trace/provider.go
index 77b86a84feb..82246af593c 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/provider.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/provider.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 	defaultTracerName = "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/tracer"
 )
 
-// tracerProviderConfig
+// tracerProviderConfig.
 type tracerProviderConfig struct {
 	// processors contains collection of SpanProcessors that are processing pipeline
 	// for spans in the trace signal.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (p *TracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...trace.TracerOption) trace.T
 	return t
 }
 
-// RegisterSpanProcessor adds the given SpanProcessor to the list of SpanProcessors
+// RegisterSpanProcessor adds the given SpanProcessor to the list of SpanProcessors.
 func (p *TracerProvider) RegisterSpanProcessor(s SpanProcessor) {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (p *TracerProvider) RegisterSpanProcessor(s SpanProcessor) {
 	p.spanProcessors.Store(new)
 }
 
-// UnregisterSpanProcessor removes the given SpanProcessor from the list of SpanProcessors
+// UnregisterSpanProcessor removes the given SpanProcessor from the list of SpanProcessors.
 func (p *TracerProvider) UnregisterSpanProcessor(s SpanProcessor) {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/sdk/trace/sampling.go b/sdk/trace/sampling.go
index a4ac588f666..a39d0341e4a 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/sampling.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/sampling.go
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ type SamplingParameters struct {
 // SamplingDecision indicates whether a span is dropped, recorded and/or sampled.
 type SamplingDecision uint8
 
-// Valid sampling decisions
+// Valid sampling decisions.
 const (
-	// Drop will not record the span and all attributes/events will be dropped
+	// Drop will not record the span and all attributes/events will be dropped.
 	Drop SamplingDecision = iota
 
 	// Record indicates the span's `IsRecording() == true`, but `Sampled` flag
-	// *must not* be set
+	// *must not* be set.
 	RecordOnly
 
 	// RecordAndSample has span's `IsRecording() == true` and `Sampled` flag
-	// *must* be set
+	// *must* be set.
 	RecordAndSample
 )
 
diff --git a/sdk/trace/span_limits.go b/sdk/trace/span_limits.go
index b2c47584ae5..aa4d4221db3 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/span_limits.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/span_limits.go
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ type SpanLimits struct {
 //
 // • LinkCountLimit: OTEL_SPAN_LINK_COUNT_LIMIT (default: 128)
 //
-// • AttributePerLinkCountLimit: OTEL_LINK_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT (default:
-// 128)
+// • AttributePerLinkCountLimit: OTEL_LINK_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT (default: 128)
 func NewSpanLimits() SpanLimits {
 	return SpanLimits{
 		AttributeValueLengthLimit:   env.SpanAttributeValueLength(DefaultAttributeValueLengthLimit),
diff --git a/sdk/trace/trace_test.go b/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
index b0277e83d96..f359eef99d6 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ func (s stateSampler) Description() string {
 	return "stateSampler"
 }
 
-// Check that a new span propagates the SamplerResult.TraceState
+// Check that a new span propagates the SamplerResult.TraceState.
 func TestSamplerTraceState(t *testing.T) {
 	mustTS := func(ts trace.TraceState, err error) trace.TraceState {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/trace/config.go b/trace/config.go
index bcc333e04e2..f058cc781e0 100644
--- a/trace/config.go
+++ b/trace/config.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func NewSpanEndConfig(options ...SpanEndOption) SpanConfig {
 }
 
 // SpanStartOption applies an option to a SpanConfig. These options are applicable
-// only when the span is created
+// only when the span is created.
 type SpanStartOption interface {
 	applySpanStart(SpanConfig) SpanConfig
 }
diff --git a/trace/noop.go b/trace/noop.go
index ad9a9fc5be6..73950f20778 100644
--- a/trace/noop.go
+++ b/trace/noop.go
@@ -85,5 +85,5 @@ func (noopSpan) AddEvent(string, ...EventOption) {}
 // SetName does nothing.
 func (noopSpan) SetName(string) {}
 
-// TracerProvider returns a no-op TracerProvider
+// TracerProvider returns a no-op TracerProvider.
 func (noopSpan) TracerProvider() TracerProvider { return noopTracerProvider{} }
diff --git a/trace/trace.go b/trace/trace.go
index 0923ceb98d5..1bc040c2764 100644
--- a/trace/trace.go
+++ b/trace/trace.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (t TraceID) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(t.String())
 }
 
-// String returns the hex string representation form of a TraceID
+// String returns the hex string representation form of a TraceID.
 func (t TraceID) String() string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(t[:])
 }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (s SpanID) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(s.String())
 }
 
-// String returns the hex string representation form of a SpanID
+// String returns the hex string representation form of a SpanID.
 func (s SpanID) String() string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(s[:])
 }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func decodeHex(h string, b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// TraceFlags contains flags that can be set on a SpanContext
+// TraceFlags contains flags that can be set on a SpanContext.
 type TraceFlags byte //nolint:revive // revive complains about stutter of `trace.TraceFlags`.
 
 // IsSampled returns if the sampling bit is set in the TraceFlags.
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (tf TraceFlags) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(tf.String())
 }
 
-// String returns the hex string representation form of TraceFlags
+// String returns the hex string representation form of TraceFlags.
 func (tf TraceFlags) String() string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString([]byte{byte(tf)}[:])
 }