diff --git a/cmd/restic/progress.go b/cmd/restic/progress.go
index afd5d027f..6f1626772 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/progress.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/progress.go
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ func printProgress(status string, final bool) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var carriageControl, clear string
+	var carriageControl, cl string
 
 	if canUpdateStatus {
-		clear = clearLine(w)
+		cl = clearLine(w)
 	}
 
 	if !(strings.HasSuffix(status, "\r") || strings.HasSuffix(status, "\n")) {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func printProgress(status string, final bool) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, _ = os.Stdout.Write([]byte(clear + status + carriageControl))
+	_, _ = os.Stdout.Write([]byte(cl + status + carriageControl))
 	if final {
 		_, _ = os.Stdout.Write([]byte("\n"))
 	}
diff --git a/internal/backend/azure/azure.go b/internal/backend/azure/azure.go
index b2ef7ec30..87dc1eaaf 100644
--- a/internal/backend/azure/azure.go
+++ b/internal/backend/azure/azure.go
@@ -421,10 +421,10 @@ func (be *Backend) List(ctx context.Context, t backend.FileType, fn func(backend
 		prefix += "/"
 	}
 
-	max := int32(be.listMaxItems)
+	maxI := int32(be.listMaxItems)
 
 	opts := &azContainer.ListBlobsFlatOptions{
-		MaxResults: &max,
+		MaxResults: &maxI,
 		Prefix:     &prefix,
 	}
 	lister := be.container.NewListBlobsFlatPager(opts)
diff --git a/internal/backend/shell_split.go b/internal/backend/shell_split.go
index 888c993a0..b92300ba9 100644
--- a/internal/backend/shell_split.go
+++ b/internal/backend/shell_split.go
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ func SplitShellStrings(data string) (strs []string, err error) {
 
 	// derived from strings.SplitFunc
 	fieldStart := -1 // Set to -1 when looking for start of field.
-	for i, rune := range data {
-		if s.isSplitChar(rune) {
+	for i, r := range data {
+		if s.isSplitChar(r) {
 			if fieldStart >= 0 {
 				strs = append(strs, data[fieldStart:i])
 				fieldStart = -1
diff --git a/internal/ui/format.go b/internal/ui/format.go
index de650607d..fa50fb682 100644
--- a/internal/ui/format.go
+++ b/internal/ui/format.go
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ func FormatDuration(d time.Duration) string {
 func FormatSeconds(sec uint64) string {
 	hours := sec / 3600
 	sec -= hours * 3600
-	min := sec / 60
-	sec -= min * 60
+	mins := sec / 60
+	sec -= mins * 60
 	if hours > 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%02d:%02d", hours, min, sec)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%02d:%02d", hours, mins, sec)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%02d", min, sec)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%02d", mins, sec)
 }
 
 // ParseBytes parses a size in bytes from s. It understands the suffixes
diff --git a/internal/ui/progress/counter.go b/internal/ui/progress/counter.go
index c1275d2f2..ac2e519a7 100644
--- a/internal/ui/progress/counter.go
+++ b/internal/ui/progress/counter.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ func NewCounter(interval time.Duration, total uint64, report Func) *Counter {
 		max: total,
 	}
 	c.Updater = *NewUpdater(interval, func(runtime time.Duration, final bool) {
-		v, max := c.Get()
-		report(v, max, runtime, final)
+		v, maxV := c.Get()
+		report(v, maxV, runtime, final)
 	})
 	return c
 }
diff --git a/internal/ui/termstatus/status_test.go b/internal/ui/termstatus/status_test.go
index 2a17a905a..b4e9be5b0 100644
--- a/internal/ui/termstatus/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/ui/termstatus/status_test.go
@@ -24,34 +24,34 @@ func TestSetStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	go term.Run(ctx)
 
 	const (
-		clear = posixControlClearLine
-		home  = posixControlMoveCursorHome
-		up    = posixControlMoveCursorUp
+		cl   = posixControlClearLine
+		home = posixControlMoveCursorHome
+		up   = posixControlMoveCursorUp
 	)
 
 	term.SetStatus([]string{"first"})
-	exp := home + clear + "first" + home
+	exp := home + cl + "first" + home
 
 	term.SetStatus([]string{""})
-	exp += home + clear + "" + home
+	exp += home + cl + "" + home
 
 	term.SetStatus([]string{})
-	exp += home + clear + "" + home
+	exp += home + cl + "" + home
 
 	// already empty status
 	term.SetStatus([]string{})
 
 	term.SetStatus([]string{"foo", "bar", "baz"})
-	exp += home + clear + "foo\n" + home + clear + "bar\n" +
-		home + clear + "baz" + home + up + up
+	exp += home + cl + "foo\n" + home + cl + "bar\n" +
+		home + cl + "baz" + home + up + up
 
 	term.SetStatus([]string{"quux", "needs\nquote"})
-	exp += home + clear + "quux\n" +
-		home + clear + "\"needs\\nquote\"\n" +
-		home + clear + home + up + up // Clear third line
+	exp += home + cl + "quux\n" +
+		home + cl + "\"needs\\nquote\"\n" +
+		home + cl + home + up + up // Clear third line
 
 	cancel()
-	exp += home + clear + "\n" + home + clear + home + up // Status cleared
+	exp += home + cl + "\n" + home + cl + home + up // Status cleared
 
 	<-term.closed
 	rtest.Equals(t, exp, buf.String())