diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index f25b06dea63..ae985ebf6fe 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ pkg/kubelet/container
 pkg/kubelet/container/testing
 pkg/kubelet/custommetrics
 pkg/kubelet/dockershim
-pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm
 pkg/kubelet/dockershim/libdocker
 pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network
 pkg/kubelet/dockershim/network/cni
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager.go
index 91f2ace4d96..45abfcedb15 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package cm
 
+// ContainerManager is an interface that abstracts the basic operations of a
+// container manager.
 type ContainerManager interface {
 	Start() error
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go
index b59c6a08364..2abedfa0bc9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_linux.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ var (
 	memoryCapacityRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`MemTotal:\s*([0-9]+) kB`)
 )
 
+// NewContainerManager creates a new instance of ContainerManager
 func NewContainerManager(cgroupsName string, client libdocker.Interface) ContainerManager {
 	return &containerManager{
 		cgroupsName: cgroupsName,
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_unsupported.go
index 7b35c5fa9a1..736c6ebd16d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_unsupported.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 type unsupportedContainerManager struct {
 }
 
+// NewContainerManager creates a new instance of ContainerManager
 func NewContainerManager(_ string, _ libdocker.Interface) ContainerManager {
 	return &unsupportedContainerManager{}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_windows.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_windows.go
index 500630e1abc..0c2ad462099 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockershim/cm/container_manager_windows.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 type containerManager struct {
 }
 
+// NewContainerManager creates a new instance of ContainerManager
 func NewContainerManager(_ string, _ libdocker.Interface) ContainerManager {
 	return &containerManager{}
 }