diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
index 32a65c4ccbd..0b0293e506a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollingupdate.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func RunRollingUpdate(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, arg
 		return err
 	}
 
-	updater := kubectl.NewRollingUpdater(newRc.Namespace, &kubectl.RealRollingUpdaterClient{client})
+	updater := kubectl.NewRollingUpdater(newRc.Namespace, kubectl.NewRollingUpdaterClient(client))
 
 	// fetch rc
 	oldRc, err := client.ReplicationControllers(newRc.Namespace).Get(oldName)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
index 2cd314940c0..0f712a4e867 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/factory.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func NewFactory(optionalClientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Factory {
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			return kubectl.ResizerFor(mapping.Kind, &kubectl.RealResizerClient{client})
+			return kubectl.ResizerFor(mapping.Kind, kubectl.NewResizerClient(client))
 		},
 		Reaper: func(mapping *meta.RESTMapping) (kubectl.Reaper, error) {
 			client, err := clients.ClientForVersion(mapping.APIVersion)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resize.go b/pkg/kubectl/resize.go
index ca82e65d84b..f35f48c1ba9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resize.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resize.go
@@ -172,19 +172,23 @@ type ResizerClient interface {
 	ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(rc *api.ReplicationController) wait.ConditionFunc
 }
 
-// RealResizerClient is a ResizerClient which uses a Kube client.
-type RealResizerClient struct {
-	Client client.Interface
+func NewResizerClient(c client.Interface) ResizerClient {
+	return &realResizerClient{c}
 }
 
-func (c *RealResizerClient) GetReplicationController(namespace, name string) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
-	return c.Client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Get(name)
+// realResizerClient is a ResizerClient which uses a Kube client.
+type realResizerClient struct {
+	client client.Interface
 }
 
-func (c *RealResizerClient) UpdateReplicationController(namespace string, rc *api.ReplicationController) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
-	return c.Client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Update(rc)
+func (c *realResizerClient) GetReplicationController(namespace, name string) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+	return c.client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Get(name)
 }
 
-func (c *RealResizerClient) ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(rc *api.ReplicationController) wait.ConditionFunc {
-	return client.ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(c.Client, rc)
+func (c *realResizerClient) UpdateReplicationController(namespace string, rc *api.ReplicationController) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+	return c.client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Update(rc)
+}
+
+func (c *realResizerClient) ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(rc *api.ReplicationController) wait.ConditionFunc {
+	return client.ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(c.client, rc)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resize_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/resize_test.go
index 5c2d482af35..3a70751e81a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resize_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resize_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (c *ErrorReplicationControllerClient) ReplicationControllers(namespace stri
 
 func TestReplicationControllerResizeRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	fake := &ErrorReplicationControllerClient{Fake: testclient.Fake{}}
-	resizer := ReplicationControllerResizer{&RealResizerClient{fake}}
+	resizer := ReplicationControllerResizer{NewResizerClient(fake)}
 	preconditions := ResizePrecondition{-1, ""}
 	count := uint(3)
 	name := "foo"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestReplicationControllerResizeRetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestReplicationControllerResize(t *testing.T) {
 	fake := &testclient.Fake{}
-	resizer := ReplicationControllerResizer{&RealResizerClient{fake}}
+	resizer := ReplicationControllerResizer{NewResizerClient(fake)}
 	preconditions := ResizePrecondition{-1, ""}
 	count := uint(3)
 	name := "foo"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestReplicationControllerResizeFailsPreconditions(t *testing.T) {
 			Replicas: 10,
 		},
 	})
-	resizer := ReplicationControllerResizer{&RealResizerClient{fake}}
+	resizer := ReplicationControllerResizer{NewResizerClient(fake)}
 	preconditions := ResizePrecondition{2, ""}
 	count := uint(3)
 	name := "foo"
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
index 0c4a901e8f7..7172b8663b6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater.go
@@ -207,27 +207,31 @@ type RollingUpdaterClient interface {
 	ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(rc *api.ReplicationController) wait.ConditionFunc
 }
 
-// RealRollingUpdaterClient is a RollingUpdaterClient which uses a Kube client.
-type RealRollingUpdaterClient struct {
-	Client client.Interface
+func NewRollingUpdaterClient(c client.Interface) RollingUpdaterClient {
+	return &realRollingUpdaterClient{c}
 }
 
-func (c *RealRollingUpdaterClient) GetReplicationController(namespace, name string) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
-	return c.Client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Get(name)
+// realRollingUpdaterClient is a RollingUpdaterClient which uses a Kube client.
+type realRollingUpdaterClient struct {
+	client client.Interface
 }
 
-func (c *RealRollingUpdaterClient) UpdateReplicationController(namespace string, rc *api.ReplicationController) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
-	return c.Client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Update(rc)
+func (c *realRollingUpdaterClient) GetReplicationController(namespace, name string) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+	return c.client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Get(name)
 }
 
-func (c *RealRollingUpdaterClient) CreateReplicationController(namespace string, rc *api.ReplicationController) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
-	return c.Client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Create(rc)
+func (c *realRollingUpdaterClient) UpdateReplicationController(namespace string, rc *api.ReplicationController) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+	return c.client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Update(rc)
 }
 
-func (c *RealRollingUpdaterClient) DeleteReplicationController(namespace, name string) error {
-	return c.Client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Delete(name)
+func (c *realRollingUpdaterClient) CreateReplicationController(namespace string, rc *api.ReplicationController) (*api.ReplicationController, error) {
+	return c.client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Create(rc)
 }
 
-func (c *RealRollingUpdaterClient) ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(rc *api.ReplicationController) wait.ConditionFunc {
-	return client.ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(c.Client, rc)
+func (c *realRollingUpdaterClient) DeleteReplicationController(namespace, name string) error {
+	return c.client.ReplicationControllers(namespace).Delete(name)
+}
+
+func (c *realRollingUpdaterClient) ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(rc *api.ReplicationController) wait.ConditionFunc {
+	return client.ControllerHasDesiredReplicas(c.client, rc)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go
index 2c05b79002c..144d7059c90 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/rolling_updater_test.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Update succeeded. Deleting foo-v1
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		updater := RollingUpdater{
-			&RealRollingUpdaterClient{fakeClientFor("default", test.responses)},
+			NewRollingUpdaterClient(fakeClientFor("default", test.responses)),
 			"default",
 		}
 		var buffer bytes.Buffer
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Update succeeded. Deleting foo-v1
 		{newRc(3, 3), nil},
 		{newRc(3, 3), nil},
 	}
-	updater := RollingUpdater{&RealRollingUpdaterClient{fakeClientFor("default", responses)}, "default"}
+	updater := RollingUpdater{NewRollingUpdaterClient(fakeClientFor("default", responses)), "default"}
 
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 	if err := updater.Update(&buffer, rc, rcExisting, 0, time.Millisecond, time.Millisecond); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
index 771b16d6c6b..ba1d69d8442 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/stop.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type objInterface interface {
 
 func (reaper *ReplicationControllerReaper) Stop(namespace, name string) (string, error) {
 	rc := reaper.ReplicationControllers(namespace)
-	resizer, err := ResizerFor("ReplicationController", &RealResizerClient{*reaper})
+	resizer, err := ResizerFor("ReplicationController", NewResizerClient(*reaper))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}