diff --git a/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer.go b/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer.go
index 5e1d58961..b584a7e92 100644
--- a/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer.go
+++ b/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (s *WorkerPoolSyncer) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 
 		// Reconcile the other direction: clean up stored workers whose pods no
 		// longer exist. This recovers delete events missed while ate-api-server
-		// was down — neither the watch relist nor the resync period can replay a
+		// was down, neither the watch relist nor the resync period can replay a
 		// delete across a process restart, because the informer cache starts empty.
 		s.reconcileOrphanedWorkers(ctx)
 	}()
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (s *WorkerPoolSyncer) syncWorkerToStore(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Po
 	if pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
 		// The pod has entered Terminating: mark the worker DRAINING so the
 		// scheduler stops routing new actors to it. We deliberately do NOT touch
-		// the bound actor here — inside the pod ateom has received SIGTERM and is
+		// the bound actor here, inside the pod ateom has received SIGTERM and is
 		// gracefully shutting the actor down. Actor cleanup happens on the Pod
 		// Deleted event.
 		if err := s.markWorkerDraining(ctx, pod.Namespace, pod.Labels[workerPodLabel], pod.Name); err != nil {
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ func (s *WorkerPoolSyncer) syncWorkerToStore(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Po
 		w.Labels = pool.GetLabels()
 		changed = true
 	}
-
 	if changed {
 		if err = s.persistence.UpdateWorker(ctx, w, w.Version); err != nil {
 			slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "Failed to update worker in store", slog.Any("err", err))
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ func isWorkerEligible(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 // markWorkerDraining transitions a worker to STATE_DRAINING so the scheduler
 // stops routing new actors to it while its pod is Terminating. Best-effort: if
 // the worker is already gone or already draining, or a concurrent update wins,
-// there is nothing more to do — the Pod Deleted event will clean up the record.
+// there is nothing more to do, the Pod Deleted event will clean up the record.
 func (s *WorkerPoolSyncer) markWorkerDraining(ctx context.Context, namespace, pool, podName string) error {
 	worker, err := s.persistence.GetWorker(ctx, namespace, pool, podName)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer_test.go b/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer_test.go
index f2050ae4a..df621d512 100644
--- a/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer_test.go
+++ b/cmd/ateapi/internal/controlapi/syncer_test.go
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func TestSyncer_OmittedFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestSyncer_SoftDelete_MarksDraining verifies that a pod entering Terminating
 // (DeletionTimestamp set) flips its worker to STATE_DRAINING without deleting the
-// worker record or touching the bound actor — the actor is still gracefully
+// worker record or touching the bound actor, the actor is still gracefully
 // shutting down inside the pod.
 func TestSyncer_SoftDelete_MarksDraining(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()