diff --git a/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go b/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
index 7d39fd7ec72..ddcdfb9227f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl/app/kubectl.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import (
 WARNING: this logic is duplicated, with minor changes, in cmd/hyperkube/kubectl.go
 Any salient changes here will need to be manually reflected in that file.
 */
+
+// Run runs the kubectl program (creates and executes a new cobra command).
 func Run() error {
 	logs.InitLogs()
 	defer logs.FlushLogs()
diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index afd37390f12..ead971d9b12 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ cmd/kube-proxy/app
 cmd/kubeadm/app
 cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm
 cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm/v1alpha1
-cmd/kubectl/app
 cmd/kubelet/app
 cmd/kubelet/app/options
 cmd/kubemark