diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index f12f531..a73dfba 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -97,13 +97,11 @@ func init() {
 	AddRakkessFlags(rootCmd)
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentPreRunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := SetUpLogs(rakkessOptions.Streams.ErrOut, v); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
+		return SetUpLogs(rakkessOptions.Streams.ErrOut, v)
 	}
 }
 
+// AddRakkessFlags sets up common flags for subcommands.
 func AddRakkessFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&rakkessOptions.Verbs, "verbs", []string{"list", "create", "update", "delete"}, fmt.Sprintf("show access for verbs out of %s", constants.ValidVerbs))
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&rakkessOptions.OutputFormat, "output", "o", "icon-table", fmt.Sprintf("output format out of %s", constants.ValidOutputFormats))
@@ -111,6 +109,7 @@ func AddRakkessFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	rakkessOptions.ConfigFlags.AddFlags(cmd.Flags())
 }
 
+// SetUpLogs configures the loglevel and output writer for logs.
 func SetUpLogs(out io.Writer, level string) error {
 	logrus.SetOutput(out)
 	lvl, err := logrus.ParseLevel(level)
diff --git a/hack/run_lint.sh b/hack/run_lint.sh
index d915efe..e4675c9 100755
--- a/hack/run_lint.sh
+++ b/hack/run_lint.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,14 @@ fi
 		-E goimports \
 		-E golint \
 		-E gosec \
+		-E gosimple \
 		-E interfacer \
 		-E maligned \
 		-E misspell \
 		-E unconvert \
 		-E unparam \
 		-E stylecheck \
+		-E staticcheck \
+		-E structcheck \
+		-E prealloc \
 		--skip-dirs hack
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/fetch_resources.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/fetch_resources.go
index 7ca95bc..d13a781 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/fetch_resources.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/fetch_resources.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func (g GroupResource) fullName() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", g.APIResource.Name, g.APIGroup)
 }
 
+// FetchAvailableGroupResources fetches a list of known APIResources on the server.
 func FetchAvailableGroupResources(opts *options.RakkessOptions) ([]GroupResource, error) {
 	client, err := opts.DiscoveryClient()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access.go
index f4e46db..271a320 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// for testing
-	getRbacClient = GetRbacClient
+	getRbacClient = getRbacClientImpl
 )
 
 const (
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const (
 	roleName        = "Role"
 )
 
+// GetSubjectAccess determines subjects with access to the given resource.
 func GetSubjectAccess(opts *options.RakkessOptions, resource string) (*result.SubjectAccess, error) {
 	rbacClient, err := getRbacClient(opts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ func fetchMatchingRoles(rbacClient clientv1.RolesGetter, sa *result.SubjectAcces
 	return nil
 }
 
-func GetRbacClient(o *options.RakkessOptions) (clientv1.RbacV1Interface, error) {
+func getRbacClientImpl(o *options.RakkessOptions) (clientv1.RbacV1Interface, error) {
 	restConfig, err := o.ConfigFlags.ToRESTConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access_test.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access_test.go
index 9b53915..ef70118 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/resource_access_test.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func TestGetSubjectAccess(t *testing.T) {
 			getRbacClient = func(*options.RakkessOptions) (clientv1.RbacV1Interface, error) {
 				return fakeRbacClient, nil
 			}
-			defer func() { getRbacClient = GetRbacClient }()
+			defer func() { getRbacClient = getRbacClientImpl }()
 
 			opts := &options.RakkessOptions{
 				ConfigFlags: &genericclioptions.ConfigFlags{
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/resource.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/resource.go
index 5abaf0b..4cdee24 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/resource.go
@@ -23,14 +23,20 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// ResourceAccessItem holds the access result for a resource.
 type ResourceAccessItem struct {
-	Name   string
+	// Name is the resource name.
+	Name string
+	// Access maps from verb to access code.
 	Access map[string]int
-	Err    []error
+	// Err holds access error if a SelfSubjectAccessReview failed.
+	Err []error
 }
 
+// ResourceAccess holds the access result for all resources.
 type ResourceAccess []ResourceAccessItem
 
+// NewResourceAccess creates a fresh ResourceAccess and sorts the results by resource name.
 func NewResourceAccess(items []ResourceAccessItem) ResourceAccess {
 	ra := ResourceAccess(items)
 	sort.Stable(ra)
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ func (ra ResourceAccess) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// Print implements MatrixPrinter.Print. It prints a tab-separated table with a header.
 func (ra ResourceAccess) Print(w io.Writer, converter CodeConverter, requestedVerbs []string) {
 	// table header
 	fmt.Fprint(w, "NAME")
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/result.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/result.go
index 0bcf5a3..3ea7822 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/result.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/result.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package result
 
 import "io"
 
+// This encodes the access of the given subject to the resource+verb combination.
 const (
 	AccessAllowed = iota
 	AccessDenied
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject.go
index 297e5bc..34f696e 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject.go
@@ -38,12 +38,17 @@ type SubjectRef struct {
 	Name, Kind, Namespace string
 }
 
+// SubjectAccess holds the access information of all subjects for the given resource.
 type SubjectAccess struct {
-	Resource      string
-	roles         map[RoleRef]sets.String
+	// Resource is the kubernetes resource that this instance applies to.
+	Resource string
+	// roles holds all rule data concerning this resource and is extracted from Roles and ClusterRoles.
+	roles map[RoleRef]sets.String
+	// roles holds all subject access data for this resource and is extracted from RoleBindings and ClusterRoleBindings.
 	subjectAccess map[SubjectRef]sets.String
 }
 
+// NewSubjectAccess creates a new SubjectAccess with initialized fields.
 func NewSubjectAccess(resource string) *SubjectAccess {
 	return &SubjectAccess{
 		Resource:      resource,
@@ -52,10 +57,19 @@ func NewSubjectAccess(resource string) *SubjectAccess {
 	}
 }
 
+// Get provides access to the actual result (for testing).
 func (sa *SubjectAccess) Get() map[SubjectRef]sets.String {
 	return sa.subjectAccess
 }
 
+// Empty checks if any subjects with access were found.
+func (sa *SubjectAccess) Empty() bool {
+	return len(sa.subjectAccess) == 0
+}
+
+// ResolveRoleRef takes a RoleRef and a list of subjects and stores the access
+// rights of the given role for each subject. The RoleRef and subjects usually
+// come from a (Cluster)RoleBinding.
 func (sa *SubjectAccess) ResolveRoleRef(r RoleRef, subjects []v1.Subject) {
 	verbsForRole, ok := sa.roles[r]
 	if !ok {
@@ -75,6 +89,9 @@ func (sa *SubjectAccess) ResolveRoleRef(r RoleRef, subjects []v1.Subject) {
 	}
 }
 
+// MatchRules takes a RoleRef and a PolicyRule and adds the rule verbs to the
+// allowed verbs for the RoleRef, if the sa.resource matches the rule.
+// The RoleRef and rule usually come from a (Cluster)Role.
 func (sa *SubjectAccess) MatchRules(r RoleRef, rule v1.PolicyRule) {
 	for _, resource := range rule.Resources {
 		if resource == v1.ResourceAll || resource == sa.Resource {
@@ -97,6 +114,7 @@ func expandVerbs(verbs []string) []string {
 	return verbs
 }
 
+// Print implements MatrixPrinter.Print. It prints a tab-separated table with a header.
 func (sa *SubjectAccess) Print(w io.Writer, converter CodeConverter, requestedVerbs []string) {
 	// table header
 	fmt.Fprint(w, "NAME\tKIND\tSA-NAMESPACE")
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject_test.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject_test.go
index 41273c7..cc5eb91 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/result/subject_test.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func TestSortableSubjects(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func makeSubjects(in []string) []v1.Subject {
-	var subjects []v1.Subject
+	subjects := make([]v1.Subject, 0, len(in))
 	for _, s := range in {
 		subjects = append(subjects, v1.Subject{
 			Name:      s,
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/client/user_access.go b/pkg/rakkess/client/user_access.go
index d34a26a..51d1daf 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/client/user_access.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/client/user_access.go
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ import (
 	authv1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/authorization/v1"
 )
 
-// todo(corneliusweig) error is always nil
+// CheckResourceAccess determines the access rights for the given GroupResources and verbs.
+// Since it needs to do a lot of requests, the SelfSubjectAccessReviewInterface needs to
+// be configured for high queries per second.
 func CheckResourceAccess(ctx context.Context, sar authv1.SelfSubjectAccessReviewInterface, grs []GroupResource, verbs []string, namespace *string) (result.MatrixPrinter, error) {
-	var results []result.ResourceAccessItem
+	results := make([]result.ResourceAccessItem, 0, len(grs))
 	group := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	semaphore := make(chan struct{}, 20)
 	resultsChan := make(chan result.ResourceAccessItem)
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ func CheckResourceAccess(ctx context.Context, sar authv1.SelfSubjectAccessReview
 		results = append(results, gr)
 	}
 
+	//  todo(corneliusweig) error is always nil
 	return result.NewResourceAccess(results), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/constants/constants.go b/pkg/rakkess/constants/constants.go
index c9b55e9..7748514 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/constants/constants.go
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ package constants
 import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 const (
+	// DefaultLogLevel is set to warn by default.
 	DefaultLogLevel = logrus.WarnLevel
 )
 
 var (
+	// ValidVerbs is the list of allowed actions on kubernetes resources.
 	ValidVerbs = []string{
 		"create",
 		"delete",
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ var (
 		"update",
 		"watch",
 	}
+
+	// ValidOutputFormats is the list of valid formats for the result table.
 	ValidOutputFormats = []string{
 		"icon-table",
 		"ascii-table",
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/options/options.go b/pkg/rakkess/options/options.go
index 87e2987..5c897f8 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/options/options.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/authorization/v1"
 )
 
+// RakkessOptions holds all user configuration options.
 type RakkessOptions struct {
 	ConfigFlags  *genericclioptions.ConfigFlags
 	Verbs        []string
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type RakkessOptions struct {
 	Streams      *genericclioptions.IOStreams
 }
 
+// NewRakkessOptions creates RakkessOptions with defaults.
 func NewRakkessOptions() *RakkessOptions {
 	return &RakkessOptions{
 		ConfigFlags: genericclioptions.NewConfigFlags(true),
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ func NewRakkessOptions() *RakkessOptions {
 	}
 }
 
+// GetAuthClient creates a client for SelfSubjectAccessReviews with high queries per second.
 func (o *RakkessOptions) GetAuthClient() (v1.SelfSubjectAccessReviewInterface, error) {
 	restConfig, err := o.ConfigFlags.ToRESTConfig()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ func (o *RakkessOptions) GetAuthClient() (v1.SelfSubjectAccessReviewInterface, e
 	return authClient.SelfSubjectAccessReviews(), nil
 }
 
+// DiscoveryClient creates a kubernetes discovery client.
 func (o *RakkessOptions) DiscoveryClient() (discovery.CachedDiscoveryInterface, error) {
 	return o.ConfigFlags.ToDiscoveryClient()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer.go b/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer.go
index c3d34dc..341f766 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer.go
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	IsTerminal = isTerminal
+	isTerminal = isTerminalImpl
 	terminit   sync.Once
 )
 
+// PrintResults configures the table style and delegates printing to result.MatrixPrinter.
 func PrintResults(out io.Writer, requestedVerbs []string, outputFormat string, results result.MatrixPrinter) {
 	w := NewWriter(out, 4, 8, 2, ' ', CollapseEscape|StripEscape)
 	defer w.Flush()
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func PrintResults(out io.Writer, requestedVerbs []string, outputFormat string, r
 	terminit.Do(func() { initTerminal(out) })
 
 	codeConverter := humanreadableAccessCode
-	if IsTerminal(out) {
+	if isTerminal(out) {
 		codeConverter = colorHumanreadableAccessCode
 	}
 	if outputFormat == "ascii-table" {
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer_test.go b/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer_test.go
index 6b032b4..43e7b80 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/printer/printer_test.go
@@ -136,12 +136,11 @@ func TestPrintResults(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests[0:4] {
-		isTerminal := IsTerminal
-		IsTerminal = func(w io.Writer) bool {
+		isTerminal = func(w io.Writer) bool {
 			return true
 		}
 		defer func() {
-			IsTerminal = isTerminal
+			isTerminal = isTerminalImpl
 		}()
 
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/printer/terminal_notwindows.go b/pkg/rakkess/printer/terminal_notwindows.go
index 3405a4a..2baf29f 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/printer/terminal_notwindows.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/printer/terminal_notwindows.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 func initTerminal(_ io.Writer) {
 }
 
-func isTerminal(w io.Writer) bool {
+func isTerminalImpl(w io.Writer) bool {
 	if f, ok := w.(*os.File); ok {
 		return terminal.IsTerminal(int(f.Fd()))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/rakkess.go b/pkg/rakkess/rakkess.go
index f239add..fb5de04 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/rakkess.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/rakkess.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 )
 
+// Resource determines the access right of the current (or impersonated) user
+// and prints the result as a matrix with verbs in the horizontal and resource names
+// in the vertical direction.
 func Resource(ctx context.Context, opts *options.RakkessOptions) error {
 	if err := validation.Options(opts); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -60,6 +63,9 @@ func Resource(ctx context.Context, opts *options.RakkessOptions) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Subject determines the subjects with access right to the given resource and
+// prints the result as a matrix with verbs in the horizontal and subject names
+// in the vertical direction.
 func Subject(opts *options.RakkessOptions, resource string) error {
 	if err := validation.Options(opts); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ func Subject(opts *options.RakkessOptions, resource string) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "get subject access")
 	}
 
-	if len(subjectAccess.Get()) == 0 {
+	if subjectAccess.Empty() {
 		logrus.Warnf("No subjects with access found. This most likely means that you have insufficient rights to review authorization.")
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/validation/validation.go b/pkg/rakkess/validation/validation.go
index 401027c..695f765 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/validation/validation.go
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
 
+// Options validates RakkessOptions. Fields validated:
+// - OutputFormat
+// - Verbs
 func Options(opts *options.RakkessOptions) error {
 	if err := verbs(opts.Verbs); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := outputFormat(opts.OutputFormat); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return outputFormat(opts.OutputFormat)
 }
 
 func outputFormat(format string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/rakkess/version/version.go b/pkg/rakkess/version/version.go
index eb18136..5c2da67 100644
--- a/pkg/rakkess/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/rakkess/version/version.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 var version, gitCommit, buildDate string
 var platform = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 
+// BuildInfo stores static build information about the binary.
 type BuildInfo struct {
 	BuildDate string
 	Compiler  string
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func GetBuildInfo() *BuildInfo {
 	}
 }
 
+// ParseVersion parses a version string ignoring a leading `v`. For example: v1.2.3
 func ParseVersion(version string) (semver.Version, error) {
 	version = strings.TrimLeft(strings.TrimSpace(version), "v")
 	return semver.Parse(version)