diff --git a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cloud/login.go b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cloud/login.go
index 0fb02ef63e076..05e9841113ba5 100644
--- a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cloud/login.go
+++ b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cloud/login.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ rpk will talk to a localhost:9092 cluster until you swap to a different profile.
 			}
 
 			if p.Name == common.ContainerProfileName {
-				fmt.Printf("You are talking to a localhost 'rpk container' cluster (rpk profile name: %q)", p.Name)
+				fmt.Printf("You are talking to a localhost 'rpk container' cluster (rpk profile name: %q)\n", p.Name)
 			} else {
 				fmt.Printf("You are talking to a self hosted cluster (rpk profile name: %q)\n", p.Name)
 			}
diff --git a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/profile/create.go b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/profile/create.go
index 05669694624b7..c786a2b43d79c 100644
--- a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/profile/create.go
+++ b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/profile/create.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func CreateFlow(
 		var err error
 		o, err = createCloudProfile(ctx, yAuthVir, cfg, fromCloud)
 		if err != nil {
-			if err == ErrNoCloudClusters {
+			if errors.Is(err, ErrNoCloudClusters) {
 				fmt.Println("Your cloud account has no clusters available to select, avoiding creating a cloud profile.")
 				return nil
 			}
diff --git a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/topic/consume.go b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/topic/consume.go
index a5fd56e25f3c9..4c1eac621bd63 100644
--- a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/topic/consume.go
+++ b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/topic/consume.go
@@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ func newConsumeCommand(fs afero.Fs, p *config.Params) *cobra.Command {
 			out.MaybeDie(err, "unable to initialize admin kafka client: %v", err)
 
 			// We fail if the topic does not exist.
-			listed, err := adm.ListTopics(cmd.Context(), topics...)
-			out.MaybeDie(err, "unable to check topic existence: %v", err)
-			listed.EachError(func(d kadm.TopicDetail) {
-				if errors.Is(d.Err, kerr.UnknownTopicOrPartition) {
-					out.Die("unable to consume topic %q: %v", d.Topic, d.Err.Error())
-				}
-			})
+			if !c.regex {
+				listed, err := adm.ListTopics(cmd.Context(), topics...)
+				out.MaybeDie(err, "unable to check topic existence: %v", err)
+				listed.EachError(func(d kadm.TopicDetail) {
+					if errors.Is(d.Err, kerr.UnknownTopicOrPartition) {
+						out.Die("unable to consume topic %q: %v", d.Topic, d.Err.Error())
+					}
+				})
+			}
 
 			err = c.parseOffset(offset, topics, adm)
 			out.MaybeDie(err, "invalid --offset %q: %v", offset, err)
diff --git a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/transform/deploy.go b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/transform/deploy.go
index b45271b133036..220b01f7105e8 100644
--- a/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/transform/deploy.go
+++ b/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/transform/deploy.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func newDeployCommand(fs afero.Fs, p *config.Params) *cobra.Command {
 	var file string
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "deploy [WASM]",
+		Use:   "deploy",
 		Short: "Deploy a transform",
 		Long: `Deploy a transform.