diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field/errors.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field/errors.go
index 31705dee386..4767fd1dda1 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field/errors.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field/errors.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (v *Error) ErrorBody() string {
 	var s string
 	switch v.Type {
 	case ErrorTypeRequired, ErrorTypeForbidden, ErrorTypeTooLong, ErrorTypeInternal:
-		s = fmt.Sprintf("%s", v.Type)
+		s = v.Type.String()
 	default:
 		value := v.BadValue
 		valueType := reflect.TypeOf(value)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath/node.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath/node.go
index bc763357cfb..2f612b188fb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath/node.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/jsonpath/node.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (l *ListNode) append(n Node) {
 }
 
 func (l *ListNode) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", l.Type())
+	return l.Type().String()
 }
 
 // TextNode holds plain text.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func newWildcard() *WildcardNode {
 }
 
 func (i *WildcardNode) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", i.Type())
+	return i.Type().String()
 }
 
 // RecursiveNode means a recursive descent operator
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func newRecursive() *RecursiveNode {
 }
 
 func (r *RecursiveNode) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", r.Type())
+	return r.Type().String()
 }
 
 // UnionNode is union of ListNode
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func newUnion(nodes []*ListNode) *UnionNode {
 }
 
 func (u *UnionNode) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", u.Type())
+	return u.Type().String()
 }
 
 // BoolNode holds bool value