diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aab2b04c..42dd82ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $ cmake .. && make -j
 * Headers only, just copy and use. Or use as a compiled library.
 * Feature rich formatting, using the excellent [fmt](https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt) library.
 * **New!** [Backtrace](#backtrace-support) support - store debug messages in a ring buffer and display later on demand.
-* Fast asynchronous mode (optional)
+* Asynchronous mode (optional)
 * [Custom](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/wiki/3.-Custom-formatting) formatting.
 * Multi/Single threaded loggers.
 * Various log targets:
@@ -300,15 +300,6 @@ void android_example()
     android_logger->critical("Use \"adb shell logcat\" to view this message.");
 }
 ```
----
-#### Compile-time format string syntax checking
-```C++
-#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
-int main()
-{
-    spdlog::info(FMT_STRING("{:d} is an invalid format tag"));
-}
-```
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
index 6c2adc66..06dd9ccb 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
@@ -390,13 +390,13 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE int pid() SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT
 }
 
 // Determine if the terminal supports colors
-// Source: https://github.com/agauniyal/rang/
+// Based on: https://github.com/agauniyal/rang/
 SPDLOG_INLINE bool is_color_terminal() SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     return true;
 #else
-    static constexpr std::array<const char *, 14> Terms = {
+    static constexpr std::array<const char *, 14> terms = {
         {"ansi", "color", "console", "cygwin", "gnome", "konsole", "kterm", "linux", "msys", "putty", "rxvt", "screen", "vt100", "xterm"}};
 
     const char *env_p = std::getenv("TERM");
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE bool is_color_terminal() SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT
     }
 
     static const bool result =
-        std::any_of(std::begin(Terms), std::end(Terms), [&](const char *term) { return std::strstr(env_p, term) != nullptr; });
+        std::any_of(terms.begin(), terms.end(), [&](const char *term) { return std::strstr(env_p, term) != nullptr; });
     return result;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter.h b/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter.h
index fa134ada..a5c035d1 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private:
     // Extract given pad spec (e.g. %8X)
     // Advance the given it pass the end of the padding spec found (if any)
     // Return padding.
-    details::padding_info handle_padspec_(std::string::const_iterator &it, std::string::const_iterator end);
+    static details::padding_info handle_padspec_(std::string::const_iterator &it, std::string::const_iterator end);
 
     void compile_pattern_(const std::string &pattern);
 };
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
index a2a7e614..84e1c414 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::flush_on(level::level_enum log_level)
 SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::flush_every(std::chrono::seconds interval)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(flusher_mutex_);
-    std::function<void()> clbk = std::bind(&registry::flush_all, this);
+    auto clbk = [this](){this->flush_all();};
     periodic_flusher_ = details::make_unique<periodic_worker>(clbk, interval);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h b/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h
index 5b2f0af1..3052ac87 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/tcp_client.h
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public:
     void connect(const std::string &host, int port)
     {
         close();
-        spdlog::info("Connecting..");
-        struct addrinfo hints{};
+        struct addrinfo hints
+        {};
         memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
         hints.ai_family = AF_INET;       // IPv4
         hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; // TCP
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h
index 43220f43..2789abfa 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool-inl.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bool SPDLOG_INLINE thread_pool::process_next_msg_()
     }
 
     default: {
-        assert(false && "Unexpected async_msg_type");
+        assert(false);
     }
     }
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
index 95a485f1..d9d58c29 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void logger::set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> f)
         {
             // last element - we can be move it.
             (*it)->set_formatter(std::move(f));
+            break; // to prevent clang-tidy warning
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
index d9839110..3e858940 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/win_eventlog_sink.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct win32_error : public spdlog_ex
         return fmt::format("{}: {}{}", user_message, error_code, system_message);
     }
 
-    win32_error(std::string const &func_name, DWORD error = GetLastError())
+    explicit win32_error(std::string const &func_name, DWORD error = GetLastError())
         : spdlog_ex(format(func_name, error))
     {}
 };
diff --git a/tests/test_errors.cpp b/tests/test_errors.cpp
index 613a9012..e22fafef 100644
--- a/tests/test_errors.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_errors.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class failing_sink : public spdlog::sinks::base_sink<std::mutex>
 {
 public:
     failing_sink() = default;
-    ~failing_sink() final = default;
+    ~failing_sink() = default;
 
 protected:
     void sink_it_(const spdlog::details::log_msg &) final