diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 4bf27a9e744..0c2c582ef37 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ pkg/apis/apps/v1beta1
 pkg/apis/apps/v1beta2
 pkg/apis/auditregistration/v1alpha1
 pkg/apis/authentication/v1
-pkg/apis/authorization/v1
-pkg/apis/authorization/validation
 pkg/apis/autoscaling/v1
 pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1
 pkg/apis/autoscaling/v2beta2
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
index 7e7531323ff..2f6865b4286 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/v1/register.go
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ func Resource(resource string) schema.GroupResource {
 }
 
 var (
+	// localSchemeBuilder extends the SchemeBuilder instance with the external types. In this package,
+	// defaulting and conversion init funcs are registered as well.
 	localSchemeBuilder = &authorizationv1.SchemeBuilder
-	AddToScheme        = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
+	// AddToScheme is a global function that registers this API group & version to a scheme
+	AddToScheme = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
index 4179b8274b6..41e39362065 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/authorization/validation/validation.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	authorizationapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/authorization"
 )
 
+// ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec validates a SubjectAccessReviewSpec and returns an
+// ErrorList with any errors.
 func ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(spec authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewSpec, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if spec.ResourceAttributes != nil && spec.NonResourceAttributes != nil {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ func ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(spec authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReviewSp
 	return allErrs
 }
 
+// ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec validates a SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec and returns an
+// ErrorList with any errors.
 func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(spec authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if spec.ResourceAttributes != nil && spec.NonResourceAttributes != nil {
@@ -50,10 +54,14 @@ func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(spec authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccess
 	return allErrs
 }
 
+// ValidateSelfSubjectRulesReview validates a SelfSubjectRulesReview and returns an
+// ErrorList with any errors.
 func ValidateSelfSubjectRulesReview(review *authorizationapi.SelfSubjectRulesReview) field.ErrorList {
 	return field.ErrorList{}
 }
 
+// ValidateSubjectAccessReview validates a SubjectAccessReview and returns an
+// ErrorList with any errors.
 func ValidateSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
 	objectMetaShallowCopy := sar.ObjectMeta
@@ -64,6 +72,8 @@ func ValidateSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SubjectAccessReview) fiel
 	return allErrs
 }
 
+// ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReview validates a SelfSubjectAccessReview and returns an
+// ErrorList with any errors.
 func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))
 	objectMetaShallowCopy := sar.ObjectMeta
@@ -74,6 +84,8 @@ func ValidateSelfSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.SelfSubjectAccessRevi
 	return allErrs
 }
 
+// ValidateLocalSubjectAccessReview validates a LocalSubjectAccessReview and returns an
+// ErrorList with any errors.
 func ValidateLocalSubjectAccessReview(sar *authorizationapi.LocalSubjectAccessReview) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateSubjectAccessReviewSpec(sar.Spec, field.NewPath("spec"))