diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 329238e223c..327a4ce2714 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ pkg/apis/certificates
 pkg/apis/certificates/v1beta1
 pkg/apis/certificates/validation
 pkg/apis/core
-pkg/apis/core/helper
 pkg/apis/core/helper/qos
 pkg/apis/core/v1
 pkg/apis/core/v1/helper
diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/helper/helpers.go b/pkg/apis/core/helper/helpers.go
index f16611d6cba..835e2cbf19b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/helper/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/helper/helpers.go
@@ -276,10 +276,12 @@ var standardFinalizers = sets.NewString(
 	metav1.FinalizerDeleteDependents,
 )
 
+// IsStandardFinalizerName checks if the input string is a standard finalizer name
 func IsStandardFinalizerName(str string) bool {
 	return standardFinalizers.Has(str)
 }
 
+// LoadBalancerStatusEqual checks if the status of the load balancer is equal to the target status
 // TODO: make method on LoadBalancerStatus?
 func LoadBalancerStatusEqual(l, r *core.LoadBalancerStatus) bool {
 	return ingressSliceEqual(l.Ingress, r.Ingress)
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ func GetAccessModesAsString(modes []core.PersistentVolumeAccessMode) string {
 	return strings.Join(modesStr, ",")
 }
 
-// GetAccessModesAsString returns an array of AccessModes from a string created by GetAccessModesAsString
+// GetAccessModesFromString returns an array of AccessModes from a string created by GetAccessModesAsString
 func GetAccessModesFromString(modes string) []core.PersistentVolumeAccessMode {
 	strmodes := strings.Split(modes, ",")
 	accessModes := []core.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{}