diff --git a/docs/dev/deprecation.md b/docs/dev/deprecation.md
index cc06ba6cd..1b0c90e3c 100644
--- a/docs/dev/deprecation.md
+++ b/docs/dev/deprecation.md
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ The most important goal of the deprecation facility was to collect decisions abo
 ### Example
 
 ```
-# In some code in Inspec core
+# In some code in InSpec core
 def something_crufty
   Inspec.deprecate :old_feature, 'Don't call something_crufty anymore'
 end
 ```
 
-If that gets called, inspec will consult the deprecation configuration, and then execute one of four actions: warn, fail_control, exit, or ignore.
+If that gets called, `inspec` will consult the deprecation configuration, and then execute one of four actions: warn, fail_control, exit, or ignore.
 
 ## Concepts
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For v4:
   }
 ```
 
-Now, a warning (fed through Inspec::Log.warn) will appear each time the property is accessed, but it will otherwise behave normally.
+Now, a warning (fed through `Inspec::Log.warn`) will appear each time the property is accessed, but it will otherwise behave normally.
 
 For v5, you have some choices as to how to harden the deprecation.  `fail_control` will fail any control the deprecation is used in; while `exit` will exit the inspec run entirely.
 
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ For v5:
 
 Again, no need to update the deprecation calls; though in v6 it might make sense to remove the old code entirely.
 
-
 ### Groups
 
 When you make a deprecation message, you add it to a group. InSpec will read the file `$INSPEC_INSTALL_ROOT/etc/deprecation.json` to determine the known groups - you may add to that file at any time.
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ For all actions except `ignore`, a message is assembled, consisting of:
 
 #### exit
 
-Issues an ERROR via Inspec::Log.error with the assembled message, then immediately exits the process via Inspec::UI. The reporters are not executed.  By default, the exit code will be 3; but you can set a different code using the `exit_status` property of the group in the config file.
+Issues an ERROR via `Inspec::Log.error` with the assembled message, then immediately exits the process via Inspec::UI. The reporters are not executed.  By default, the exit code will be 3; but you can set a different code using the `exit_status` property of the group in the config file.
 
 #### fail_control
 
@@ -98,4 +97,4 @@ Does nothing; this is very useful for staging deprecations - you can have the de
 
 #### warn
 
-Issues a WARN to the Inspec::Log.warn facility with the assembled message.
+Issues a WARN to the `Inspec::Log.warn` facility with the assembled message.
diff --git a/lib/utils/deprecation.rb b/lib/utils/deprecation.rb
index 2f12e4cca..1834347be 100644
--- a/lib/utils/deprecation.rb
+++ b/lib/utils/deprecation.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# A system to provide a unified deprecation facility for inspec
+# A system to provide a unified deprecation facility for InSpec
 
 require 'utils/deprecation/errors'
 require 'utils/deprecation/config_file'
diff --git a/lib/utils/deprecation/config_file.rb b/lib/utils/deprecation/config_file.rb
index 0c5597276..db68dce30 100644
--- a/lib/utils/deprecation/config_file.rb
+++ b/lib/utils/deprecation/config_file.rb
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@ module Inspec
 
       # What actions may you specify to be taken when a deprecation is encountered?
       VALID_ACTIONS = [
-        # Hard exit inspec, no stacktrace, exit code specified or DEFAULT_HARD_EXIT_STATUS
-        :exit,
-        # Fail the control with the message. If not in a control, do :warn action instead.
-        :fail_control,
-        # Do nothing.
-        :ignore,
-        # Issue a warning
-        :warn,
+        :exit, # Hard exit `inspec`, no stacktrace, exit code specified or DEFAULT_HARD_EXIT_STATUS
+        :fail_control, # Fail the control with a message. If not in a control, do :warn action instead.
+        :ignore, # Do nothing.
+        :warn, # Issue a warning
       ].freeze
 
       VALID_GROUP_FIELDS = %w{action suffix prefix exit_status}.freeze
diff --git a/lib/utils/deprecation/deprecator.rb b/lib/utils/deprecation/deprecator.rb
index e0764b315..0c181c830 100644
--- a/lib/utils/deprecation/deprecator.rb
+++ b/lib/utils/deprecation/deprecator.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 require 'utils/deprecation/config_file'
 require 'inspec/log'
 
diff --git a/test/functional/logging_test.rb b/test/functional/logging_test.rb
index f25c18fc6..27cd2c1da 100644
--- a/test/functional/logging_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/logging_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Logging and deprecation facilities functional tests
 
 require 'functional/helper'
-require 'byebug'
 
 describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
   include FunctionalHelper
@@ -9,19 +8,18 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
   let(:profile) { File.join(profile_path, 'deprecation', profile_name) }
   let(:invocation) { "exec #{profile} #{control_flag}" }
   # Running in JSON mode has the side-effect of sending log messages to STDERR
-  let(:run_result) { run_inspec_process(invocation, json: true)}
+  let(:run_result) { run_inspec_process(invocation, json: true) }
 
   # Expect one control, 3 results
   let(:json_result) { run_result.payload.json['profiles'][0]['controls'][0]['results'] }
 
   describe 'when the deprecation is in a custom resource and the deprecate DSL method is used' do
     describe 'when the action is to fail the control' do
-
       describe 'when the resource is called in a control' do
         let(:profile_name) { 'typical' }
         let(:control_flag) { '--controls deprecate_fail_mode' }
 
-        it "should result in a failed control" do
+        it 'should result in a failed control' do
           run_result.stderr.must_be_empty
           run_result.exit_status.must_equal 100
           json_result.count.must_equal 3
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
         let(:profile_name) { 'bare' }
         let(:control_flag) { '' }
 
-        it "should result in a warning, not a stacktrace or abort" do
+        it 'should result in a warning, not a stacktrace or abort' do
           run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
           json_result.count.must_equal 1
           json_result[0]['status'].must_equal 'passed'
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
           deprecation_line.must_include '(used at'
           deprecation_line.must_include 'test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/bare/controls/bare.rb'
           deprecation_line.must_include 'bare.rb:4'
-
         end
       end
     end
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
       let(:profile_name) { 'typical' }
       let(:control_flag) { '--controls deprecate_exit_mode_implicit' }
 
-      it "should result in an exit with a special code" do
+      it 'should result in an exit with a special code' do
         # 3 is the FATAL_DEPRECATION value from Inspec::UI
         run_result.exit_status.must_equal 3
 
@@ -77,13 +74,12 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
         deprecation_line.must_include 'DEPRECATION'
         deprecation_line.must_include 'ERROR'
         deprecation_line.must_include 'This should exit'
-        deprecation_line.must_include '(used at'            # Beginning of a single-frame stack locator
+        deprecation_line.must_include '(used at' # Beginning of a single-frame stack locator
         deprecation_line.must_include 'test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb' # Frame should have been identified as coming from the test profile
         deprecation_line.must_include 'typical.rb:29' # Line number check
 
         # The reporter should not fire
         run_result.stdout.must_be_empty
-
       end
     end
 
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
       let(:profile_name) { 'typical' }
       let(:control_flag) { '--controls deprecate_exit_mode_explicit' }
 
-      it "should result in an exit with a special code" do
+      it 'should result in an exit with a special code' do
         # 8 is a custom value
         run_result.exit_status.must_equal 8
 
@@ -102,9 +98,9 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
         # Contents of the deprecation
         deprecation_line = stderr_lines.first
         deprecation_line.must_include 'DEPRECATION' # Flagged as deprecation
-        deprecation_line.must_include 'ERROR'       # Flagged as an error
+        deprecation_line.must_include 'ERROR' # Flagged as an error
         deprecation_line.must_include 'This should exit' # Specific deprecation message
-        deprecation_line.must_include '(used at'            # Beginning of a single-frame stack locator
+        deprecation_line.must_include '(used at' # Beginning of a single-frame stack locator
         deprecation_line.must_include 'test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb' # Frame should have been identified as coming from the test profile
         deprecation_line.must_include 'typical.rb:46' # Line number check
 
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
       let(:profile_name) { 'typical' }
       let(:control_flag) { '--controls deprecate_warn_mode' }
 
-      it "should result in a warning, not a stacktrace or abort" do
+      it 'should result in a warning, not a stacktrace or abort' do
         run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         json_result.count.must_equal 3
         json_result[0]['status'].must_equal 'passed'
@@ -127,14 +123,14 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
         stderr_lines = run_result.stderr.split("\n")
         stderr_lines.count.must_equal 1
 
+        # Content of the deprecation
         deprecation_line = stderr_lines.first
-        deprecation_line.must_include 'DEPRECATION'
-        deprecation_line.must_include 'WARN'
-        deprecation_line.must_include 'This should warn'
-        deprecation_line.must_include '(used at'            # Beginning of a single-frame stack locator
+        deprecation_line.must_include 'DEPRECATION' # Flagged as deprecation
+        deprecation_line.must_include 'WARN' # Flagged as a warning
+        deprecation_line.must_include 'This should warn' # Specific deprecation message
+        deprecation_line.must_include '(used at' # Beginning of a single-frame stack locator
         deprecation_line.must_include 'test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb' # Frame should have been identified as coming from the test profile
         deprecation_line.must_include 'typical.rb:63' # Line number check
-
       end
     end
 
@@ -142,7 +138,7 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
       let(:profile_name) { 'typical' }
       let(:control_flag) { '--controls deprecate_ignore_mode' }
 
-      it "should appear to be a normal run, no warnings or stacktrace or abort" do
+      it 'should appear to be a normal run, no warnings or stacktrace or abort' do
         run_result.exit_status.must_equal 0
         json_result.count.must_equal 3
         json_result[0]['status'].must_equal 'passed'
@@ -150,8 +146,7 @@ describe 'Deprecation Facility Behavior' do
         json_result[2]['status'].must_equal 'passed'
 
         run_result.stderr.must_be_empty
-
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/README.md b/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/README.md
index d3466ff95..51694bff6 100644
--- a/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/README.md
+++ b/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Profile for use with deprecation facility
 
-This profile defines a custom resource which uses the Inspec deprecation facility to issue deprecation actions in several different circumstances.
+This profile defines a custom resource which uses the InSpec deprecation facility to issue deprecation actions in several different circumstances.
 
-See test/functional/logging_test.rb for details.
\ No newline at end of file
+See test/functional/logging_test.rb for details.
diff --git a/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/libraries/deprecation_tester.rb b/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/libraries/deprecation_tester.rb
index 9c887cd75..26b7addae 100644
--- a/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/libraries/deprecation_tester.rb
+++ b/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/resource_pack/libraries/deprecation_tester.rb
@@ -1,62 +1,59 @@
-
 require 'stringio'
 
 class DeprecationTester < Inspec.resource(1)
   name :deprecation_tester
 
   DEPRECATION_CFG = <<~EOC
-  {
-    "file_version": "1.0.0",
-    "unknown_group_action": "warn",
-    "groups": {
-      "a_group_that_will_warn" : { "action": "warn" },
-      "a_group_that_will_exit" : { "action": "exit"  },
-      "a_group_that_will_exit_with_a_code" : { "action": "exit", "exit_status": 8 },
-      "an_ignored_group" : { "action": "ignore" },
-      "a_group_that_will_fail" : { "action": "fail_control" }
+    {
+      "file_version": "1.0.0",
+      "unknown_group_action": "warn",
+      "groups": {
+        "a_group_that_will_warn": { "action": "warn" },
+        "a_group_that_will_exit": { "action": "exit"  },
+        "a_group_that_will_exit_with_a_code": { "action": "exit", "exit_status": 8 },
+        "an_ignored_group": { "action": "ignore" },
+        "a_group_that_will_fail": { "action": "fail_control" }
+      }
     }
-  }
   EOC
 
   def fail_me
     Inspec::Deprecation::Deprecator.class_test_cfg_io(StringIO.new(DEPRECATION_CFG))
 
-    #deprecate(:a_group_that_will_fail, 'This should fail')
     Inspec.deprecate(:a_group_that_will_fail, 'This should fail')
+
     'fail_me_return_value'
   end
 
   def exit_me_default_code
     Inspec::Deprecation::Deprecator.class_test_cfg_io(StringIO.new(DEPRECATION_CFG))
 
-    #deprecate(:a_group_that_will_exit, 'This should exit')
     Inspec.deprecate(:a_group_that_will_exit, 'This should exit')
+
     'exit_me_return_value'
   end
 
   def exit_me_explicit_code
     Inspec::Deprecation::Deprecator.class_test_cfg_io(StringIO.new(DEPRECATION_CFG))
 
-    #deprecate(:a_group_that_will_exit_with_a_code, 'This should exit')
     Inspec.deprecate(:a_group_that_will_exit_with_a_code, 'This should exit')
+
     'exit_me_return_value'
   end
 
   def ignore_me
     Inspec::Deprecation::Deprecator.class_test_cfg_io(StringIO.new(DEPRECATION_CFG))
 
-    #deprecate(:an_ignored_group, 'This should be ignored')
     Inspec.deprecate(:an_ignored_group, 'This should be ignored')
+
     'ignore_me_return_value'
   end
 
   def warn_me
     Inspec::Deprecation::Deprecator.class_test_cfg_io(StringIO.new(DEPRECATION_CFG))
 
-    #deprecate(:a_group_that_will_warn, 'This should warn')
     Inspec.deprecate(:a_group_that_will_warn, 'This should warn')
+
     'warn_me_return_value'
   end
-
 end
-
diff --git a/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb b/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb
index 168408cb4..5fdfbee4d 100644
--- a/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb
+++ b/test/unit/mock/profiles/deprecation/typical/controls/typical.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-# Notice: line numbers are sensitive!  They are used for stacktrace testing in functional/loggin_test.rb
+# Notice: line numbers are sensitive!  They are used for stacktrace testing in functional/logging_test.rb
 
 control 'deprecate_fail_mode' do
 
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ control 'deprecate_ignore_mode' do
     it { should include 'test-03' }
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/deprecation_test.rb b/test/unit/utils/deprecation_test.rb
index b665e901f..ed5972ecd 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils/deprecation_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/utils/deprecation_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'minitest'
 require 'minitest/spec'
 require 'stringio'
-require 'byebug'
 
 require 'utils/deprecation'
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ describe 'The global deprecation method' do
     end
     it 'must take two required and one optional arg' do
       # See http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.3/Method.html#method-i-arity
-      Inspec.method(:deprecate).arity.must_equal -3
+      Inspec.method(:deprecate).arity.must_equal(-3)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ describe 'The deprecation config file object' do
     describe 'when the file version is missing' do
       let(:cfg_fixture) { :missing_file_version }
       it 'should throw an InvalidConfigFileError' do
-        ex = assert_raises (Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
+        ex = assert_raises(Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
         ex.message.must_include 'Missing file_version field'
       end
     end
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ describe 'The deprecation config file object' do
     describe 'when the file version is unsupported' do
       let(:cfg_fixture) { :bad_file_version }
       it 'should throw an InvalidConfigFileError' do
-        ex = assert_raises (Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
+        ex = assert_raises(Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
         ex.message.must_include 'Unrecognized file_version' # message
         ex.message.must_include '1.0.0' # version that IS supported
         ex.message.must_include '99.99.99' # version that was seen
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ describe 'The deprecation config file object' do
     describe 'when the groups entry is not a hash' do
       let(:cfg_fixture) { :groups_not_hash }
       it 'should throw an InvalidConfigFileError' do
-        ex = assert_raises (Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
+        ex = assert_raises(Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
         ex.message.must_include 'Groups field must be a Hash' # message
       end
     end
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ describe 'The deprecation config file object' do
     describe 'when a group entry has an unrecognized action' do
       let(:cfg_fixture) { :bad_group_action }
       it 'should throw an UnrecognizedActionError' do
-        ex = assert_raises (Inspec::Deprecation::UnrecognizedActionError) { config_file }
+        ex = assert_raises(Inspec::Deprecation::UnrecognizedActionError) { config_file }
         ex.message.must_include 'Unrecognized action' # message
         ex.message.must_include 'methane_pockets' # offending group name
         ex.message.must_include 'ignore' # an action that IS supported
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ describe 'The deprecation config file object' do
     describe 'when a group entry has an unrecognized field' do
       let(:cfg_fixture) { :bad_group_field }
       it 'should throw an InvalidConfigError' do
-        ex = assert_raises (Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
+        ex = assert_raises(Inspec::Deprecation::InvalidConfigFileError) { config_file }
         ex.message.must_include 'Unrecognized field' # message
         ex.message.must_include 'pansporia' # offending group name
         ex.message.must_include 'action' # a field that IS supported
@@ -110,10 +109,10 @@ describe 'The Deprecator object' do
     let(:cfg_fixture) { :basic }
 
     describe 'when it has no args' do
-      it 'should create an object with basic ' do
+      it 'should create an object with basic' do
         dpcr = Inspec::Deprecation::Deprecator.new
         dpcr.must_respond_to(:handle_deprecation)
-        # more?
+        # TODO: more?
       end
     end
 
@@ -143,25 +142,24 @@ describe 'The Deprecator object' do
     end
   end
 
-  # TODO - stack analysis
+  # TODO: stack analysis
   #  in_control?
-  # TODO - anything else here?
+  # TODO: anything else here?
 end
 
-
 module DeprecationTestHelper
   class Config
     FIXTURES = {
       basic: <<~EOC0,
-      {
-        "file_version": "1.0.0", "unknown_group_action": "ignore",
-        "groups": {
-          "a_group_that_will_warn" : { "action": "warn", "suffix": "Did you know chickens are dinosaurs?" },
-          "a_group_that_will_exit" : { "action": "exit", "exit_status": 8, "prefix": "No thanks!" },
-          "an_ignored_group" : { "action": "ignore" },
-          "a_group_that_will_fail" : { "action": "fail_control" }
+        {
+          "file_version": "1.0.0", "unknown_group_action": "ignore",
+          "groups": {
+            "a_group_that_will_warn" : { "action": "warn", "suffix": "Did you know chickens are dinosaurs?" },
+            "a_group_that_will_exit" : { "action": "exit", "exit_status": 8, "prefix": "No thanks!" },
+            "an_ignored_group" : { "action": "ignore" },
+            "a_group_that_will_fail" : { "action": "fail_control" }
+          }
         }
-      }
       EOC0
       missing_file_version: '{ "unknown_group_action": "ignore", "groups": {} }',
       bad_file_version: '{ "file_version": "99.99.99", "unknown_group_action": "ignore", "groups": {} }',
@@ -169,10 +167,10 @@ module DeprecationTestHelper
       empty: '{ "file_version": "1.0.0", "groups": {} }',
       bad_group_action: '{ "file_version": "1.0.0", "groups": { "methane_pockets" : { "action": "explode" } } }',
       bad_group_field: '{ "file_version": "1.0.0", "groups": { "pansporia" : { "martian": "yes" } } }',
-    }
+    }.freeze
 
     def self.get_io_for_fixture(fixture)
       StringIO.new(FIXTURES[fixture])
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end