diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr-metadata.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr-metadata.yml
index 627807841..9b0d7c6cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-pr-metadata.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr-metadata.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'Needs Review' }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout base branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v47.0.5
diff --git a/expect/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh b/expect/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh
index 852fa1557..8bfc58ad8 100755
--- a/expect/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh
+++ b/expect/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This is a sample file for experimenting with sed.
 
 It contains many lines, and there are some things you may want to do with each of them.
 
-We'll include some score information:
+We will include some score information:
 37 Alisha
 15 Jacob
 7 Pietro
diff --git a/expect/jq/script-03.sh b/expect/jq/script-03.sh
index d63f6ec74..87334dd44 100755
--- a/expect/jq/script-03.sh
+++ b/expect/jq/script-03.sh
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 Selma, Software Engineer
-Selma, Software Engineer
diff --git a/test-sdc.sh b/test-sdc.sh
index 62d1c7e1f..432993cf3 100755
--- a/test-sdc.sh
+++ b/test-sdc.sh
@@ -180,3 +180,5 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "implement-cowsay" ]]; then
 else
 	echo "Please run this with a valid test directory name as argument"
 fi
+
+echo "If you want to re-run the automated tests after changing some code, remove the 'Needs Review' label, wait a little, and then re-add the 'Needs Review' label on your PR." >> testoutput.txt