diff --git a/repl/command.go b/repl/command.go
index 316875b722f62ee390546afa879278ccc9f364dc..e0949dbacba4eda64a2961188b49b7fea9398450 100644
--- a/repl/command.go
+++ b/repl/command.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import "git.lyda.ie/kevin/bulletin/dclish"
diff --git a/repl/folders.go b/repl/folders.go
index 7f385af52692bb69c63e6dad23b4a34beb739f98..4f09a6f641cb0ec5d14a8348d8360bf5118f186d 100644
--- a/repl/folders.go
+++ b/repl/folders.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (
diff --git a/repl/help.go b/repl/help.go
index e2d9c8120d17987c9f8a043277fcae9e38f4b7d0..16b7131c90093967c314973293e0021f6afc3ac3 100644
--- a/repl/help.go
+++ b/repl/help.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (
diff --git a/repl/mail.go b/repl/mail.go
index addac2a04f029882cab14248e3b90467ed10b18b..cf43205b78e6ddb84c438234bdea0d5946b0d1ba 100644
--- a/repl/mail.go
+++ b/repl/mail.go
@@ -8,18 +8,15 @@ import (
 
 // ActionForward handles the `FORWARD` command.
 func ActionForward(_ *dclish.Command) error {
-	errors.New("Mail system is not yet implemented (see issue 9)")
-	return nil
+	return errors.New("Mail system is not yet implemented (see issue 9)")
 }
 
 // ActionMail handles the `MAIL` command.
 func ActionMail(_ *dclish.Command) error {
-	errors.New("Mail system is not yet implemented (see issue 9)")
-	return nil
+	return errors.New("Mail system is not yet implemented (see issue 9)")
 }
 
 // ActionRespond handles the `RESPOND` command.
 func ActionRespond(_ *dclish.Command) error {
-	errors.New("Mail system is not yet implemented (see issue 9)")
-	return nil
+	return errors.New("Mail system is not yet implemented (see issue 9)")
 }
diff --git a/repl/messages.go b/repl/messages.go
index 7e2dc328d8ba75f8b94bf04235232c1cc27a5542..a201afb8b5d90b399dd00631235e3480be128c3a 100644
--- a/repl/messages.go
+++ b/repl/messages.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (
@@ -716,7 +715,7 @@ func ActionSearch(cmd *dclish.Command) error {
 	}
 
 	allMsgs := []storage.Message{}
-	msgs := []storage.Message{}
+	var msgs []storage.Message
 	var start int64
 	for i := range optFolders {
 		switch optStart {
diff --git a/repl/misc.go b/repl/misc.go
index edd0a0136d4a3c184fcca6900f8272c4f9e8869e..fe91c60ae2eb7fea1695198f44979fff794d3b64 100644
--- a/repl/misc.go
+++ b/repl/misc.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (
diff --git a/repl/repl.go b/repl/repl.go
index 1f69333aaf10bbfc0f6dfe257c4a00cd4579436d..3756497c4bbcf068a4ab3ddc2123d85d8fa50d26 100644
--- a/repl/repl.go
+++ b/repl/repl.go
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
+// Package repl defines the [dclish] commands and implements the actions
+// and defines the REPL to get the commands.
 package repl
 
 import (
diff --git a/repl/set.go b/repl/set.go
index 6a9d2a8aa36d6b0a40961b13f77712382cac281e..cda73903723bb9758e2d25ef4ba98fbe5f1adcce 100644
--- a/repl/set.go
+++ b/repl/set.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (
diff --git a/repl/show.go b/repl/show.go
index 639b504eb2ad03b7ed3ed88df2484a3d18ccf9db..8d59e5914171eb6f73cd899462b4f69593cfadf9 100644
--- a/repl/show.go
+++ b/repl/show.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (
diff --git a/repl/xfer.go b/repl/xfer.go
index 997a356acd5d1ee259ebb23ee2495a02d5e3e6a6..ebd2cf2436567ff3506f22615abfa2841d8760d1 100644
--- a/repl/xfer.go
+++ b/repl/xfer.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Package repl implements the main event loop.
 package repl
 
 import (