diff --git a/roles/svc-runner/files/test/external.sh b/roles/svc-runner/files/test/external.sh
index 28378ec774..6a36661122 100644
--- a/roles/svc-runner/files/test/external.sh
+++ b/roles/svc-runner/files/test/external.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else
     echo "OK: ${online_count} runner(s) online on GitHub (${RUNNER_GITHUB_OWNER}/${RUNNER_GITHUB_REPO})"
 fi
 
-echo "Dispatching test-runner-smoke.yml against ref=${RUNNER_GIT_REF}..."
+echo "Dispatching call-test-runner-smoke.yml against ref=${RUNNER_GIT_REF}..."
 dispatch_time=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
 
 dispatch_http=$(${CURL} -sf -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
diff --git a/scripts/github/runner/cleanup_docker.sh b/scripts/github/runner/cleanup_docker.sh
index 0a210d463b..85a45dc965 100755
--- a/scripts/github/runner/cleanup_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/github/runner/cleanup_docker.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Cleanup pass for the Docker / buildx state on a GitHub-hosted runner.
-# Used by images-build-ci.yml as the always-on tail of the build job to
+# Used by call-images-build-ci.yml as the always-on tail of the build job to
 # free disk before the runner is reused (or recycled).
 set -euo pipefail
 
diff --git a/tests/lint/repository/test_distros_spot.py b/tests/lint/repository/test_distros_spot.py
index fe380047fc..5f58618776 100644
--- a/tests/lint/repository/test_distros_spot.py
+++ b/tests/lint/repository/test_distros_spot.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TestDistrosSpot(unittest.TestCase):
         ref = _MATRIX_REF_RE.match(str(axis))
         self.assertIsNotNone(
             ref,
-            f"test-workspace.yml must derive its matrix from {FILE_META_DISTROS} "
+            f"call-test-workspace.yml must derive its matrix from {FILE_META_DISTROS} "
             f"via fromJson(needs.<job>.outputs.<name>), got {axis!r}.",
         )
         resolver_id, output_name = ref.groups()