diff --git a/pkg/health/health.go b/pkg/health/health.go
index e83f5035d72..9ebd2bc34d5 100644
--- a/pkg/health/health.go
+++ b/pkg/health/health.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type HealthChecker interface {
 
 // NewHealthChecker creates a new HealthChecker which supports multiple types of liveness probes.
 func NewHealthChecker() HealthChecker {
-	return &MuxHealthChecker{
+	return &muxHealthChecker{
 		checkers: map[string]HealthChecker{
 			"http": &HTTPHealthChecker{
 				client: &http.Client{},
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ func NewHealthChecker() HealthChecker {
 	}
 }
 
-// MuxHealthChecker bundles multiple implementations of HealthChecker of different types.
-type MuxHealthChecker struct {
+// muxHealthChecker bundles multiple implementations of HealthChecker of different types.
+type muxHealthChecker struct {
 	checkers map[string]HealthChecker
 }
 
 // HealthCheck delegates the health-checking of the container to one of the bundled implementations.
 // It chooses an implementation according to container.LivenessProbe.Type.
 // If there is no matching health checker it returns Unknown, nil.
-func (m *MuxHealthChecker) HealthCheck(currentState api.PodState, container api.Container) (Status, error) {
+func (m *muxHealthChecker) HealthCheck(currentState api.PodState, container api.Container) (Status, error) {
 	checker, ok := m.checkers[container.LivenessProbe.Type]
 	if !ok || checker == nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Failed to find health checker for %s %s", container.Name, container.LivenessProbe.Type)
diff --git a/pkg/health/health_test.go b/pkg/health/health_test.go
index a1d38a13d2d..2b17dcd709e 100644
--- a/pkg/health/health_test.go
+++ b/pkg/health/health_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestMuxHealthChecker(t *testing.T) {
 		{Healthy, "http"},
 		{Unknown, "ftp"},
 	}
-	mc := &MuxHealthChecker{
+	mc := &muxHealthChecker{
 		checkers: make(map[string]HealthChecker),
 	}
 	hc := &HTTPHealthChecker{
diff --git a/pkg/health/http.go b/pkg/health/http.go
index d9def74d0fa..0f212d21212 100644
--- a/pkg/health/http.go
+++ b/pkg/health/http.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // HTTPGetInterface is an abstract interface for testability. It abstracts the interface of http.Client.Get.
+// This is exported because some other packages may want to do direct HTTP checks.
 type HTTPGetInterface interface {
 	Get(url string) (*http.Response, error)
 }
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func formatURL(host string, port int, path string) string {
 // If the HTTP response code is successful (i.e. 400 > code >= 200), it returns Healthy.
 // If the HTTP response code is unsuccessful, it returns Unhealthy.
 // It returns Unknown and err if the HTTP communication itself fails.
+// This is exported because some other packages may want to do direct HTTP checks.
 func DoHTTPCheck(url string, client HTTPGetInterface) (Status, error) {
 	res, err := client.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/health/tcp.go b/pkg/health/tcp.go
index fef200ac292..7818c511bf0 100644
--- a/pkg/health/tcp.go
+++ b/pkg/health/tcp.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func getTCPAddrParts(currentState api.PodState, container api.Container) (string
 // DoTCPCheck checks that a TCP socket to the address can be opened.
 // If the socket can be opened, it returns Healthy.
 // If the socket fails to open, it returns Unhealthy.
+// This is exported because some other packages may want to do direct TCP checks.
 func DoTCPCheck(addr string) (Status, error) {
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", addr)
 	if err != nil {