diff --git a/.golangci.reference.yml b/.golangci.reference.yml
index 39d434215b35..627a45832b2a 100644
--- a/.golangci.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.reference.yml
@@ -2324,8 +2324,7 @@ issues:
         - gosec
 
 
-    # Run some linter only for test files by excluding its issues
-    # for everything else.
+    # Run some linter only for test files by excluding its issues for everything else.
     - path-except: _test\.go
       linters:
         - forbidigo
diff --git a/docs/src/docs/usage/false-positives.mdx b/docs/src/docs/usage/false-positives.mdx
index 39fd61141349..20b91a5b8f73 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/usage/false-positives.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/docs/usage/false-positives.mdx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ issues:
         - goconst
 ```
 
-The opposite, excluding reports *except* for specific paths, is also possible.
+The opposite, excluding reports **except** for specific paths, is also possible.
 In the following example, only test files get checked:
 
 ```yml
diff --git a/pkg/config/issues.go b/pkg/config/issues.go
index 7af15f5c2e0c..417b28bdbf05 100644
--- a/pkg/config/issues.go
+++ b/pkg/config/issues.go
@@ -154,10 +154,9 @@ func (b *BaseRule) Validate(minConditionsCount int) error {
 	if len(b.Linters) > 0 {
 		nonBlank++
 	}
-	// Filtering by path counts as one condition, regardless how it is done
-	// (one or both). Otherwise a rule with Path and PathExcept set would
-	// pass validation whereas before the introduction of path-except that
-	// would't have been precise enough.
+	// Filtering by path counts as one condition, regardless how it is done (one or both).
+	// Otherwise, a rule with Path and PathExcept set would pass validation
+	// whereas before the introduction of path-except that wouldn't have been precise enough.
 	if b.Path != "" || b.PathExcept != "" {
 		nonBlank++
 	}
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ func (b *BaseRule) Validate(minConditionsCount int) error {
 		nonBlank++
 	}
 	if nonBlank < minConditionsCount {
-		return fmt.Errorf("at least %d of (text, source, [not-]path,  linters) should be set", minConditionsCount)
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least %d of (text, source, path[-except],  linters) should be set", minConditionsCount)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/testdata/configs/forbidigo_tests.yml b/test/testdata/configs/path-except.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/testdata/configs/forbidigo_tests.yml
rename to test/testdata/configs/path-except.yml
diff --git a/test/testdata/forbidigo_exclude.go b/test/testdata/path_except.go
similarity index 74%
rename from test/testdata/forbidigo_exclude.go
rename to test/testdata/path_except.go
index 23e014cf47bd..ab7b33a09c00 100644
--- a/test/testdata/forbidigo_exclude.go
+++ b/test/testdata/path_except.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //golangcitest:args -Eforbidigo
-//golangcitest:config_path testdata/configs/forbidigo_tests.yml
+//golangcitest:config_path testdata/configs/path-except.yml
 //golangcitest:expected_exitcode 0
 package testdata
 
diff --git a/test/testdata/forbidigo_exclude_test.go b/test/testdata/path_except_test.go
similarity index 81%
rename from test/testdata/forbidigo_exclude_test.go
rename to test/testdata/path_except_test.go
index 73466be1b22d..5f69f87a58e7 100644
--- a/test/testdata/forbidigo_exclude_test.go
+++ b/test/testdata/path_except_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //golangcitest:args -Eforbidigo
-//golangcitest:config_path testdata/configs/forbidigo_tests.yml
+//golangcitest:config_path testdata/configs/path-except.yml
 package testdata
 
 import (