diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index c42cebb1350..082e15131c7 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pkg/apis/auditregistration/v1alpha1
 pkg/apis/authentication/v1
 pkg/apis/authorization/v1
 pkg/apis/authorization/validation
-pkg/apis/autoscaling
 pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1
 pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1
 pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2beta2
diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/register.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/register.go
index 6c321a3abab..871e5513a52 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/register.go
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
+	// SchemeBuilder points to a list of functions added to Scheme.
 	SchemeBuilder = runtime.NewSchemeBuilder(addKnownTypes)
-	AddToScheme   = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// AddToScheme applies all the stored functions to the scheme.
+	AddToScheme = SchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
 // Adds the list of known types to the given scheme.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/types.go b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/types.go
index 4ab6f8aff55..051f797f731 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autoscaling/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autoscaling/types.go
@@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ type MetricTarget struct {
 type MetricTargetType string
 
 var (
-	UtilizationMetricType  MetricTargetType = "Utilization"
-	ValueMetricType        MetricTargetType = "Value"
+	// UtilizationMetricType is a possible value for MetricTarget.Type.
+	UtilizationMetricType MetricTargetType = "Utilization"
+	// ValueMetricType is a possible value for MetricTarget.Type.
+	ValueMetricType MetricTargetType = "Value"
+	// AverageValueMetricType is a possible value for MetricTarget.Type.
 	AverageValueMetricType MetricTargetType = "AverageValue"
 )
 
@@ -373,6 +376,7 @@ type ExternalMetricStatus struct {
 	Current MetricValueStatus
 }
 
+// MetricValueStatus indicates the current value of a metric.
 type MetricValueStatus struct {
 	Value              *resource.Quantity
 	AverageValue       *resource.Quantity