diff --git a/src/archive/parse.rs b/src/archive/parse.rs
index c81249e0..de988b32 100644
--- a/src/archive/parse.rs
+++ b/src/archive/parse.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ fn subarray<const SIZE: usize>(
 
 #[expect(
     clippy::as_conversions,
-    reason = "Made safe by a compile-time assertion"
+    reason = "A compile-time assertion ensures that this conversion will be lossless on all relevant target platforms"
 )]
 pub(super) const fn to_usize(value: u32) -> usize {
     // Error at compile time if this conversion isn't lossless.
diff --git a/src/version.rs b/src/version.rs
index 5965889e..54fca4fc 100644
--- a/src/version.rs
+++ b/src/version.rs
@@ -30,17 +30,18 @@ pub fn is_compatible(major: u32, minor: u32, _patch: u32) -> bool {
 
 #[expect(
     clippy::as_conversions,
-    reason = "Can't const-convert the byte to a u32 a safer way"
+    reason = "Can't convert the u8 to a u32 another way in a const context"
 )]
 #[expect(
     clippy::indexing_slicing,
-    reason = "Can't const-convert the byte to a u8 a safer way"
+    reason = "Can't iterate over the byte values another way in a const context"
 )]
 const fn parse_u32(value: &str) -> u32 {
+    let bytes = value.as_bytes();
     let mut acc = 0;
     let mut i = 0;
-    while i < value.len() {
-        acc = acc * 10 + (value.as_bytes()[i] - b'0') as u32;
+    while i < bytes.len() {
+        acc = acc * 10 + (bytes[i] - b'0') as u32;
         i += 1;
     }
     acc