diff --git a/src/Linters/BaseLinter.hack b/src/Linters/BaseLinter.hack
index a776ae89..72b760fd 100644
--- a/src/Linters/BaseLinter.hack
+++ b/src/Linters/BaseLinter.hack
@@ -73,12 +73,20 @@ abstract class BaseLinter {
       |> Str\strip_suffix($$, 'Linter');
   }
 
+  protected static function ignoreAllMarkerOf(string $code_or_linter): string {
+    return 'HHAST_IGNORE_ALL['.$code_or_linter.']';
+  }
+
   /**
    * A user can choose to ignore all errors reported by this linter for a
    * whole file using this string as a marker
    */
   public function getIgnoreAllMarker(): string {
-    return 'HHAST_IGNORE_ALL['.$this->getLinterName().']';
+    return self::ignoreAllMarkerOf($this->getLinterName());
+  }
+
+  protected static function ignoreSingleErrorMarkerOf(string $code_or_linter): string {
+    return 'HHAST_IGNORE_ERROR['.$code_or_linter.']';
   }
 
   /**
@@ -86,7 +94,11 @@ abstract class BaseLinter {
    * using this string as a marker
    */
   public function getIgnoreSingleErrorMarker(): string {
-    return 'HHAST_IGNORE_ERROR['.$this->getLinterName().']';
+     return self::ignoreSingleErrorMarkerOf($this->getLinterName());
+  }
+
+  protected static function fixmeMarkerOf(string $code_or_linter): string {
+    return 'HHAST_FIXME['.$code_or_linter.']';
   }
 
   /**
@@ -97,7 +109,7 @@ abstract class BaseLinter {
    * fixed.
    */
   public function getFixmeMarker(): string {
-    return 'HHAST_FIXME['.$this->getLinterName().']';
+    return self::fixmeMarkerOf($this->getLinterName());
   }
 
   /**