diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
index 057b3ac726..12a67c19dc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ module Homebrew
       return default_tar_args
     end
 
-    ensure_formula_installed!(gnu_tar, reason: "for bottling")
+    ensure_formula_installed!(gnu_tar, reason: "bottling")
 
     ["#{gnu_tar.opt_bin}/gtar", gnutar_args].freeze
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump.rb
index b0d9e90870..97f079c32d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module Homebrew
     unless Utils::Curl.curl_supports_tls13?
       begin
         unless Pathname.new(ENV["HOMEBREW_BREWED_CURL_PATH"]).exist?
-          ensure_formula_installed!("curl", reason: "for Repology queries")
+          ensure_formula_installed!("curl", reason: "Repology queries")
         end
       rescue FormulaUnavailableError
         opoo "A `curl` with TLS 1.3 support is required for Repology queries."
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb
index ccffd60bc0..43d937c62e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module Homebrew
       ENV["BAT_CONFIG_PATH"] = Homebrew::EnvConfig.bat_config_path
       ensure_formula_installed!(
         "bat",
-        reason:           "for displaying <formula>/<cask> source",
+        reason:           "displaying <formula>/<cask> source",
         # The user might want to capture the output of `brew cat ...`
         # Redirect stdout to stderr
         output_to_stderr: true,
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
index 46fd429637..7acdf6153a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tests.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
     with_env(HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1", HOMEBREW_NO_BOOTSNAP: "1") do
       ensure_formula_installed!("buildpulse-test-reporter",
-                                reason: "for reporting test flakiness")
+                                reason: "reporting test flakiness")
     end
 
     ENV["BUILDPULSE_ACCESS_KEY_ID"] = ENV["HOMEBREW_BUILDPULSE_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/github_packages.rb b/Library/Homebrew/github_packages.rb
index ec1bff665f..d37f4ee048 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/github_packages.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/github_packages.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class GitHubPackages
     raise UsageError, "HOMEBREW_GITHUB_PACKAGES_USER is unset." if user.blank?
     raise UsageError, "HOMEBREW_GITHUB_PACKAGES_TOKEN is unset." if token.blank?
 
-    skopeo = ensure_executable!("skopeo", reason: "for upload")
+    skopeo = ensure_executable!("skopeo", reason: "upload")
 
     require "json_schemer"
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/style.rb b/Library/Homebrew/style.rb
index 450577fd18..b3dc3b7150 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/style.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/style.rb
@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ module Homebrew
     def shellcheck
       # Always use the latest brewed shellcheck
       ensure_formula_installed!("shellcheck", latest: true,
-                                              reason: "for shell style checks").opt_bin/"shellcheck"
+                                              reason: "shell style checks").opt_bin/"shellcheck"
     end
 
     def shfmt
       # Always use the latest brewed shfmt
       ensure_formula_installed!("shfmt", latest: true,
-                                         reason: "to format shell scripts")
+                                         reason: "formatting shell scripts")
       HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/"Homebrew/utils/shfmt.sh"
     end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index c3ab28995c..11f0b38b36 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ module Kernel
       Formula[formula_or_name]
     end
 
-    reason = " #{reason}" if reason.present? # add a whitespace
+    reason = " for #{reason}" if reason.present?
 
     unless formula.any_version_installed?
       ohai "Installing `#{formula.name}`#{reason}..."