diff --git a/examples/chef/README.md b/examples/chef/README.md
index 91da0db5201682..b02f2c6034ce61 100644
--- a/examples/chef/README.md
+++ b/examples/chef/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ which run in parallel.
 These jobs use a platform-specific image with base `chip-build`.
 
 The build jobs call chef with the options `--ci -t <PLATFORM>`. The `--ci`
-option will execute builds for all devices specified in `_CI_ALLOW_LIST` defined
+option will execute builds for all devices specified in `cicd_config["ci_allow_list"]` defined
 in `chef.py` (so long as these devices are also in `/devices`) on the specified
 platform.
diff --git a/examples/chef/chef.py b/examples/chef/chef.py
index 75532c4665c453..17f45ff3779a2d 100755
--- a/examples/chef/chef.py
+++ b/examples/chef/chef.py
@@ -169,11 +169,7 @@ def flush_print(
 
 
 def unwrap_cmd(cmd: str) -> str:
-    """Dedent and replace new line with space.
-
-    Args:
-        cmd: The command to unwrap.
-    """
+    """Dedent and replace new line with space."""
     return textwrap.dedent(cmd).replace("\n", " ")
 
 
@@ -491,7 +487,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
         archive_suffix = ".tar.gz"
         os.makedirs(archive_prefix, exist_ok=True)
         for device_name in _DEVICE_LIST:
-            for platform, platform_label in cicd_config["cd_platforms"].items():
+            for platform, label in cicd_config["cd_platforms"].items():
                 command = f"./chef.py -cbr --use_zzz -d {device_name} -t {platform}"
                 flush_print(f"Building {command}", with_border=True)
                 shell.run_cmd(f"cd {_CHEF_SCRIPT_PATH}")