diff --git a/hack/.golint_failures b/hack/.golint_failures
index 33a49b14aa7..d768862ee26 100644
--- a/hack/.golint_failures
+++ b/hack/.golint_failures
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ pkg/serviceaccount
 pkg/ssh
 pkg/util/config
 pkg/util/ebtables
-pkg/util/env
 pkg/util/goroutinemap/exponentialbackoff
 pkg/util/iptables
 pkg/util/iptables/testing
diff --git a/pkg/util/env/env.go b/pkg/util/env/env.go
index dee544f7c66..6879c5052b1 100644
--- a/pkg/util/env/env.go
+++ b/pkg/util/env/env.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
+// GetEnvAsStringOrFallback returns the env variable for the given key
+// and falls back to the given defaultValue if not set
 func GetEnvAsStringOrFallback(key, defaultValue string) string {
 	if v := os.Getenv(key); v != "" {
 		return v
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ func GetEnvAsStringOrFallback(key, defaultValue string) string {
 	return defaultValue
 }
 
+// GetEnvAsIntOrFallback returns the env variable (parsed as integer) for
+// the given key and falls back to the given defaultValue if not set
 func GetEnvAsIntOrFallback(key string, defaultValue int) (int, error) {
 	if v := os.Getenv(key); v != "" {
 		value, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ func GetEnvAsIntOrFallback(key string, defaultValue int) (int, error) {
 	return defaultValue, nil
 }
 
+// GetEnvAsFloat64OrFallback returns the env variable (parsed as float64) for
+// the given key and falls back to the given defaultValue if not set
 func GetEnvAsFloat64OrFallback(key string, defaultValue float64) (float64, error) {
 	if v := os.Getenv(key); v != "" {
 		value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)