diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9d7572f9168..770f7f33325 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ script:
   - PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH ./hack/verify-generated-deep-copies.sh
   - PATH=$GOPATH/bin:./third_party/etcd:$PATH ./hack/verify-gendocs.sh
   - PATH=$GOPATH/bin:./third_party/etcd:$PATH ./hack/verify-swagger-spec.sh
+  - PATH=$GOPATH/bin:./third_party/etcd:$PATH ./hack/verify-linkcheck.sh
   - godep go test ./cmd/mungedocs
 
 notifications:
diff --git a/cmd/linkcheck/links.go b/cmd/linkcheck/links.go
index 7de7b9a4586..f3e49c3237d 100644
--- a/cmd/linkcheck/links.go
+++ b/cmd/linkcheck/links.go
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+//This command checks if the hyperlinks in files are valid. It checks the files
+//with 'fileSuffix' in 'rootDir' for URLs that match 'prefix'. It trims the
+//'prefix' from the URL, uses what's left as the relative path to repoRoot to
+//verify if the link is valid. For example:
+//$ linkcheck --root-dir=${TYPEROOT} --repo-root=${KUBE_ROOT} \
+//  --file-suffix=types.go --prefix=http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD
+
 package main
 
 import (
diff --git a/hooks/pre-commit b/hooks/pre-commit
index c1ae5ee9d99..596cf73ed1f 100755
--- a/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ echo "${reset}"
 echo -ne "Checking for links in API descriptions... "
 if ! hack/verify-linkcheck.sh > /dev/null; then
   echo "${red}ERROR!"
-  echo "Some links in pkg/api/.*types.go is outdated. They require manual fix."
+  echo "Some links in pkg/api/.*types.go are outdated. They require a manual fix."
   exit_code=1
 else
   echo "${green}OK"