diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index ba04ff8bd36..f9aed2d45c7 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ enum get_oid_result {
 };
 
 int repo_get_oid(struct repository *r, const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
+__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 int get_oidf(struct object_id *oid, const char *fmt, ...);
 int repo_get_oid_commit(struct repository *r, const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
 int repo_get_oid_committish(struct repository *r, const char *str, struct object_id *oid);
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index 768cc6338e2..049d8dd0b3d 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct strbuf;
 
 void sq_quote_buf(struct strbuf *, const char *src);
 void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *, const char **argv);
+__attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 void sq_quotef(struct strbuf *, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 223ee2094af..f1e9821a540 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ static inline void strbuf_insertstr(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos,
 void strbuf_vinsertf(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, const char *fmt,
 		     va_list ap);
 
+__attribute__((format (printf, 3, 4)))
 void strbuf_insertf(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /**