diff --git a/lib/core.sh b/lib/core.sh
index 60bb2a5..1c29223 100644
--- a/lib/core.sh
+++ b/lib/core.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # the command instead of running it. Messages go to stderr so that stdout stays
 # usable for data (myos env, myos config, myos ls).
 
+# Exit codes and colors are consumed by the other lib/ files and by bin/myos.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 MYOS_E_OK=0        # success
 MYOS_E_FAIL=1      # command failed
 MYOS_E_USAGE=2     # bad invocation
diff --git a/lib/naming.sh b/lib/naming.sh
index a78644b..f25cc0b 100644
--- a/lib/naming.sh
+++ b/lib/naming.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ myos_resu() {
   _niamod=$(myos_reverse "$(printf '%s' "$_domain" | tr '.' ' ')" | tr ' ' '.')
   _resu=$(myos_reverse "$(printf '%s' "$_user" | tr '.' ' ')" | tr ' ' '.')
   MYOS_RESU_NIAMOD="$_niamod.$_resu"
+  # consumed by the User stacks, not by this file
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   MYOS_RESU_PATH=$(printf '%s' "$MYOS_RESU_NIAMOD" | tr '.' '/')
   printf '%s.%s' "$_user" "$_domain"
 }
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ myos_project_name() {
   [ -n "${DOCKER_COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:-}" ] && { printf '%s' "$DOCKER_COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME"; return 0; }
   case $_scope in
     host)
+      # HOSTNAME is set by lib/config.sh, not inherited from the shell
+      # shellcheck disable=SC3028
       printf '%s' "${HOST_COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:-${HOSTNAME:-localhost}}"; return 0 ;;
     user)
       if [ -n "${USER_COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME:-}" ]; then printf '%s' "$USER_COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME"