diff --git a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 634913bb697..eb0c84c2ba5 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Jitter used when starting controller managers
+	// ControllerStartJitter is the jitter value used when starting controller managers.
 	ControllerStartJitter = 1.0
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
index bec9d12a342..8d2e4859bc3 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
-// CloudControllerMangerServer is the main context object for the controller manager.
+// CloudControllerManagerServer is the main context object for the controller manager.
 type CloudControllerManagerServer struct {
 	componentconfig.KubeControllerManagerConfiguration
 
diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index afd37390f12..fc28119e8f2 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 cluster/images/etcd-version-monitor
-cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app
-cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options
 cmd/genutils
 cmd/gke-certificates-controller/app
 cmd/hyperkube