diff --git a/tools/githooks/lib/src/messages.dart b/tools/githooks/lib/src/messages.dart
index d524404cf5408..787a8a134be51 100644
--- a/tools/githooks/lib/src/messages.dart
+++ b/tools/githooks/lib/src/messages.dart
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ void printGclientSyncReminder(String command) {
   final String postfix = io.stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes ? _reset : '';
   io.stderr.writeln('$command: The engine source tree has been updated.');
   io.stderr.writeln(
-    '\n${prefix}You man need to run "gclient sync -D"$postfix\n',
+    '\n${prefix}You may need to run "gclient sync -D"$postfix\n',
   );
 }
diff --git a/tools/githooks/post-checkout b/tools/githooks/post-checkout
index 123debdc28991..8858d4952b80d 100755
--- a/tools/githooks/post-checkout
+++ b/tools/githooks/post-checkout
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env vpython3
 # Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/tools/githooks/post-merge b/tools/githooks/post-merge
index 18beeef645059..0502091e8041d 100755
--- a/tools/githooks/post-merge
+++ b/tools/githooks/post-merge
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env vpython3
 # Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/tools/githooks/pre-push b/tools/githooks/pre-push
index 097730aae6b9f..7c5322d8cd6a8 100755
--- a/tools/githooks/pre-push
+++ b/tools/githooks/pre-push
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env vpython3
 # Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/tools/githooks/pre-rebase b/tools/githooks/pre-rebase
index afaf9423e9949..6da10a470ce42 100755
--- a/tools/githooks/pre-rebase
+++ b/tools/githooks/pre-rebase
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env vpython3
 # Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.