diff --git a/src/bytes/bytes.go b/src/bytes/bytes.go
index 2a07d2084e8..a90390b96ea 100644
--- a/src/bytes/bytes.go
+++ b/src/bytes/bytes.go
@@ -355,10 +355,9 @@ func genSplit(s, sep []byte, sepSave, n int) [][]byte {
 // the subslices between those separators.
 // If sep is empty, SplitN splits after each UTF-8 sequence.
 // The count determines the number of subslices to return:
-//
-//	n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder.
-//	n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices)
-//	n < 0: all subslices
+//   - n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder;
+//   - n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices);
+//   - n < 0: all subslices.
 //
 // To split around the first instance of a separator, see Cut.
 func SplitN(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte { return genSplit(s, sep, 0, n) }
@@ -367,10 +366,9 @@ func SplitN(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte { return genSplit(s, sep, 0, n) }
 // returns a slice of those subslices.
 // If sep is empty, SplitAfterN splits after each UTF-8 sequence.
 // The count determines the number of subslices to return:
-//
-//	n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder.
-//	n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices)
-//	n < 0: all subslices
+//   - n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder;
+//   - n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices);
+//   - n < 0: all subslices.
 func SplitAfterN(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte {
 	return genSplit(s, sep, len(sep), n)
 }
diff --git a/src/regexp/regexp.go b/src/regexp/regexp.go
index d1218ad0e87..f4395404822 100644
--- a/src/regexp/regexp.go
+++ b/src/regexp/regexp.go
@@ -1244,10 +1244,9 @@ func (re *Regexp) FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(s string, n int) [][]int {
 //	// s: ["", "b", "b", "c", "cadaaae"]
 //
 // The count determines the number of substrings to return:
-//
-//	n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
-//	n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings)
-//	n < 0: all substrings
+//   - n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder;
+//   - n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings);
+//   - n < 0: all substrings.
 func (re *Regexp) Split(s string, n int) []string {
 
 	if n == 0 {
diff --git a/src/strings/strings.go b/src/strings/strings.go
index fba303c12a7..52a715c66b4 100644
--- a/src/strings/strings.go
+++ b/src/strings/strings.go
@@ -267,10 +267,9 @@ func genSplit(s, sep string, sepSave, n int) []string {
 // the substrings between those separators.
 //
 // The count determines the number of substrings to return:
-//
-//	n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
-//	n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings)
-//	n < 0: all substrings
+//   - n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder;
+//   - n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings);
+//   - n < 0: all substrings.
 //
 // Edge cases for s and sep (for example, empty strings) are handled
 // as described in the documentation for [Split].
@@ -282,10 +281,9 @@ func SplitN(s, sep string, n int) []string { return genSplit(s, sep, 0, n) }
 // returns a slice of those substrings.
 //
 // The count determines the number of substrings to return:
-//
-//	n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
-//	n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings)
-//	n < 0: all substrings
+//   - n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder;
+//   - n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings);
+//   - n < 0: all substrings.
 //
 // Edge cases for s and sep (for example, empty strings) are handled
 // as described in the documentation for SplitAfter.