diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/misc/TwoSumProblem.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/misc/TwoSumProblem.java
index ceeb3717fd4a..2fc4ed09a792 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/misc/TwoSumProblem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/misc/TwoSumProblem.java
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ private TwoSumProblem() {
     public static Optional<Pair<Integer, Integer>> twoSum(final int[] values, final int target) {
         HashMap<Integer, Integer> valueToIndex = new HashMap<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
-            final var rem = target - values[i];
-            if (valueToIndex.containsKey(rem)) {
-                return Optional.of(Pair.of(valueToIndex.get(rem), i));
+            final var remainder = target - values[i];
+            if (valueToIndex.containsKey(remainder)) {
+                return Optional.of(Pair.of(valueToIndex.get(remainder), i));
             }
             if (!valueToIndex.containsKey(values[i])) {
                 valueToIndex.put(values[i], i);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/FibonacciSearch.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/FibonacciSearch.java
index 4fba6e257627..028ab07e0a86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/FibonacciSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/FibonacciSearch.java
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         Integer[] integers = {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512};
 
         int size = integers.length;
-        Integer shouldBeFound = 128;
+        Integer targetValue = 128;
         FibonacciSearch fsearch = new FibonacciSearch();
-        int atIndex = fsearch.find(integers, shouldBeFound);
+        int atIndex = fsearch.find(integers, targetValue);
 
-        System.out.println("Should be found: " + shouldBeFound + ". Found " + integers[atIndex] + " at index " + atIndex + ". An array length " + size);
+        System.out.println("Should be found: " + targetValue + ". Found " + integers[atIndex] + " at index " + atIndex + ". An array length " + size);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/WordLadder.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/WordLadder.java
index 16d4e0a02452..707fdfc67d85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/WordLadder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/strings/WordLadder.java
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ public static int ladderLength(String beginWord, String endWord, List<String> wo
                             continue;
                         }
                         wordsChars[j] = c;
-                        String newWord = String.valueOf(wordsChars);
-                        if (newWord.equals(endWord)) {
+                        String transformedWord = String.valueOf(wordsChars);
+                        if (transformedWord.equals(endWord)) {
                             return level + 1;
                         }
-                        if (set.contains(newWord)) {
-                            set.remove(newWord);
-                            queue.offer(newWord);
+                        if (set.contains(transformedWord)) {
+                            set.remove(transformedWord);
+                            queue.offer(transformedWord);
                         }
                     }
                     wordsChars[j] = originalChars;