diff --git a/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml b/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
index d5e8fc32b..81f6a6b98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-name: Test Pyodide build for PyWavelets
+name: Test Pyodide build
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
+      # Runs on every merge to master to upload .dev0 wheels to anaconda.org
       - master
       - v1.**
   pull_request:
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ on:
           'Push wheels to Anaconda if "true". Default is "false". Warning: this will overwrite existing wheels.'
         required: false
         default: "false"
-  # Upload wheels to Anaconda on a schedule
+  # Upload wheels to anaconda.org on a schedule
   schedule:
     # Run at 0300 hours on days 3 and 17 of the month
     - cron: "0 3 3,17 * *"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 31ae23442..850d15e39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-name: style
+name: Style checks
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - v1.**
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - v1.**
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 63944ddee..b4d257ed2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-name: Test
+name: Linux and macOS tests
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
       - v1.**
   pull_request:
     branches: