diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/cmd.go b/cli/command/manifest/cmd.go
index a914ef6dbb..939f02b7bc 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/cmd.go
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/cmd.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func NewManifestCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Long:  manifestDescription,
 		Args:  cli.NoArgs,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "\n"+cmd.UsageString())
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprint(dockerCli.Err(), "\n"+cmd.UsageString())
 		},
 		Annotations: map[string]string{"experimentalCLI": ""},
 	}
diff --git a/cli/command/service/remove.go b/cli/command/service/remove.go
index c6e938e13b..efbd5f9ad0 100644
--- a/cli/command/service/remove.go
+++ b/cli/command/service/remove.go
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ func runRemove(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, sids []string) error
 			errs = append(errs, err.Error())
 			continue
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "%s\n", sid)
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "%s\n", sid)
 	}
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
+		return errors.New(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cli/command/service/scale.go b/cli/command/service/scale.go
index fd86304989..688a3ff2d0 100644
--- a/cli/command/service/scale.go
+++ b/cli/command/service/scale.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func runScale(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, options *scaleOptions,
 	if len(errs) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return errors.Errorf(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
+	return errors.New(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
 }
 
 func runServiceScale(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, serviceID string, scale uint64) error {
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go b/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go
index cde317fe0a..5641ea24bd 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/swarm/remove.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func RunRemove(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, opts options.Remove)
 		}
 
 		if len(services)+len(networks)+len(secrets)+len(configs) == 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Nothing found in stack: %s\n", namespace)
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), "Nothing found in stack: %s\n", namespace)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func RunRemove(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, opts options.Remove)
 	}
 
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
+		return errors.New(strings.Join(errs, "\n"))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cli/command/utils.go b/cli/command/utils.go
index b206db8edd..1cf4d199de 100644
--- a/cli/command/utils.go
+++ b/cli/command/utils.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func ValidateOutputPath(path string) error {
 		}
 
 		if err := ValidateOutputPathFileMode(fileInfo.Mode()); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, fmt.Sprintf("invalid output path: %q must be a directory or a regular file", path))
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid output path: %q must be a directory or a regular file", path)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil