diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 2d13fdd91bd..a8bcd7419a3 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere
 pkg/controller
 pkg/controller/apis/config/v1alpha1
 pkg/controller/certificates
-pkg/controller/certificates/approver
 pkg/controller/certificates/signer
 pkg/controller/certificates/signer/config/v1alpha1
 pkg/controller/cloud
diff --git a/pkg/controller/certificates/approver/sarapprove.go b/pkg/controller/certificates/approver/sarapprove.go
index e5ca32f867a..42dff1d31b9 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/certificates/approver/sarapprove.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/certificates/approver/sarapprove.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type sarApprover struct {
 	recognizers []csrRecognizer
 }
 
+// NewCSRApprovingController creates a new CSRApprovingController.
 func NewCSRApprovingController(client clientset.Interface, csrInformer certificatesinformers.CertificateSigningRequestInformer) *certificates.CertificateController {
 	approver := &sarApprover{
 		client:      client,