diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index ba85f7f08..85e7b7224 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ linters:
     - varcheck
     - deadcode
     - misspell
+
+issues:
+  exclude-use-default: false
+  exclude:
+    # EXC0001 errcheck: Almost all programs ignore errors on these functions and in most cases it's ok
+    - Error return value of .((os\.)?std(out|err)\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked
+
+    # EXC0003 golint: False positive when tests are defined in package 'test'
+    - func name will be used as test\.Test.* by other packages, and that stutters; consider calling this
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/commands/root/tracing_register.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/commands/root/tracing_register.go
index a183126ac..1303456e2 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/commands/root/tracing_register.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/commands/root/tracing_register.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
 )
 
-type TracingExporterOptions struct {
+type TracingExporterOptions struct { // nolint: golint
 	Tags        map[string]string
 	ServiceName string
 }
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/mock/mock.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/mock/mock.go
index 5ed05434d..1c44c9ca1 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/mock/mock.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/mock/mock.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func (p *MockProvider) GetPods(ctx context.Context) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
 	return pods, nil
 }
 
-func (p *MockProvider) ConfigureNode(ctx context.Context, n *v1.Node) {
+func (p *MockProvider) ConfigureNode(ctx context.Context, n *v1.Node) { // nolint:golint
 	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "mock.ConfigureNode") // nolint:staticcheck,ineffassign
 	defer span.End()
 
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/store.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/store.go
index f711513f1..2601d6a66 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/store.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/store.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Store struct {
 	ls map[string]InitFunc
 }
 
-func NewStore() *Store {
+func NewStore() *Store { // nolint:golint
 	return &Store{
 		ls: make(map[string]InitFunc),
 	}
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ type InitConfig struct {
 	ResourceManager   *manager.ResourceManager
 }
 
-type InitFunc func(InitConfig) (Provider, error)
+type InitFunc func(InitConfig) (Provider, error) // nolint:golint
diff --git a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/types.go b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/types.go
index 8c507840f..f99e3bc1e 100644
--- a/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/types.go
+++ b/cmd/virtual-kubelet/internal/provider/types.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const (
 	OperatingSystemWindows = "Windows"
 )
 
-type OperatingSystems map[string]bool
+type OperatingSystems map[string]bool // nolint:golint
 
 var (
 	// ValidOperatingSystems defines the group of operating systems
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-func (o OperatingSystems) Names() []string {
+func (o OperatingSystems) Names() []string { // nolint:golint
 	keys := make([]string, 0, len(o))
 	for k := range o {
 		keys = append(keys, k)
diff --git a/errdefs/invalid.go b/errdefs/invalid.go
index 4816557b0..51e400266 100644
--- a/errdefs/invalid.go
+++ b/errdefs/invalid.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-// InvalidInput is an error interface which denotes whether the opration failed due
+// ErrInvalidInput is an error interface which denotes whether the opration failed due
 // to a the resource not being found.
 type ErrInvalidInput interface {
 	InvalidInput() bool
diff --git a/errdefs/notfound.go b/errdefs/notfound.go
index cdc60ca25..a944f5117 100644
--- a/errdefs/notfound.go
+++ b/errdefs/notfound.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-// NotFound is an error interface which denotes whether the opration failed due
+// ErrNotFound is an error interface which denotes whether the opration failed due
 // to a the resource not being found.
 type ErrNotFound interface {
 	NotFound() bool
diff --git a/internal/lock/monitor.go b/internal/lock/monitor.go
index 331ddc610..7feeb0a56 100644
--- a/internal/lock/monitor.go
+++ b/internal/lock/monitor.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ type Subscription interface {
 	Value() Value
 }
 
+// Value contains the last set value from Set(). If the value is unset the version will be 0, and the value will be
+// nil.
 type Value struct {
 	Value   interface{}
 	Version int64
diff --git a/internal/test/e2e/framework/pod.go b/internal/test/e2e/framework/pod.go
index 2054cc0c7..7a3f93d79 100644
--- a/internal/test/e2e/framework/pod.go
+++ b/internal/test/e2e/framework/pod.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (f *Framework) GetRunningPodsFromProvider(ctx context.Context) (*corev1.Pod
 	return result, err
 }
 
-// GetRunningPodsFromProvider gets the running pods from the provider of the virtual kubelet
+// GetRunningPodsFromKubernetes gets the running pods from the provider of the virtual kubelet
 func (f *Framework) GetRunningPodsFromKubernetes(ctx context.Context) (*corev1.PodList, error) {
 	result := &corev1.PodList{}
 
diff --git a/node/api/exec.go b/node/api/exec.go
index 938a1fcf3..e15a9d52e 100644
--- a/node/api/exec.go
+++ b/node/api/exec.go
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ type TermSize struct {
 	Height uint16
 }
 
-// HandleContainerExec makes an http handler func from a Provider which execs a command in a pod's container
-// Note that this handler currently depends on gorrilla/mux to get url parts as variables.
-// TODO(@cpuguy83): don't force gorilla/mux on consumers of this function
 // ContainerExecHandlerConfig is used to pass options to options to the container exec handler.
 type ContainerExecHandlerConfig struct {
 	// StreamIdleTimeout is the maximum time a streaming connection
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ func WithExecStreamIdleTimeout(dur time.Duration) ContainerExecHandlerOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithExecStreamIdleTimeout sets the idle timeout for a container exec stream
+// WithExecStreamCreationTimeout sets the creation timeout for a container exec stream
 func WithExecStreamCreationTimeout(dur time.Duration) ContainerExecHandlerOption {
 	return func(cfg *ContainerExecHandlerConfig) {
 		cfg.StreamCreationTimeout = dur
diff --git a/node/api/pods.go b/node/api/pods.go
index 0faf12fe7..6142c17b9 100644
--- a/node/api/pods.go
+++ b/node/api/pods.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 )
 
-type PodListerFunc func(context.Context) ([]*v1.Pod, error)
+type PodListerFunc func(context.Context) ([]*v1.Pod, error) // nolint:golint
 
-func HandleRunningPods(getPods PodListerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
+func HandleRunningPods(getPods PodListerFunc) http.HandlerFunc { // nolint:golint
 	if getPods == nil {
 		return NotImplemented
 	}
diff --git a/node/api/server.go b/node/api/server.go
index eba8e88aa..a2da257ec 100644
--- a/node/api/server.go
+++ b/node/api/server.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type ServeMux interface {
 	Handle(path string, h http.Handler)
 }
 
-type PodHandlerConfig struct {
+type PodHandlerConfig struct { // nolint:golint
 	RunInContainer   ContainerExecHandlerFunc
 	GetContainerLogs ContainerLogsHandlerFunc
 	// GetPods is meant to enumerate the pods that the provider knows about