diff --git a/sh/core/code.sh b/sh/core/code.sh
index 6ea16c5..3b62ca7 100644
--- a/sh/core/code.sh
+++ b/sh/core/code.sh
@@ -225,12 +225,15 @@ rwx_code_modules() {
 
 # check source code
 rwx_code_check() {
-	# check format
-	rwx_log
-	rwx_shfmt "${rwx_main_root}"
 	# check syntax
 	rwx_log
 	rwx_shellcheck "${rwx_main_root}"
+	# check format
+	rwx_log
+	rwx_shfmt "${rwx_main_root}"
+	rwx_log
+	[ -e "${rwx_code_root}" ] &&
+		rwx_shfmt "${rwx_code_root}"
 }
 
 # fetch matching doc for given name
@@ -238,11 +241,7 @@ rwx_code_check() {
 rwx_code_doc() {
 	local name="${1}"
 	[ -n "${name}" ] || return
-	rwx_code_cache |
-		awk \
-			-v action="doc" \
-			-v target="${name}" \
-			"${_rwx_code_awk}"
+	rwx_code_action_target "doc" "${name}"
 }
 
 rwx_code_load() {