diff --git a/pkg/archive/README.md b/pkg/archive/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 7307d9694f..0000000000
--- a/pkg/archive/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This code provides helper functions for dealing with archive files.
diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive.go b/pkg/archive/archive.go
index cdaf7ea2a3..7827aee46b 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Package archive provides helper functions for dealing with archive files.
 package archive // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/reexec/README.md b/pkg/reexec/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6658f69b69..0000000000
--- a/pkg/reexec/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# reexec
-
-The `reexec` package facilitates the busybox style reexec of the docker binary that we require because 
-of the forking limitations of using Go.  Handlers can be registered with a name and the argv 0 of 
-the exec of the binary will be used to find and execute custom init paths.
diff --git a/pkg/reexec/reexec.go b/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
index f8ccddd599..54e934c2a0 100644
--- a/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
+++ b/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Package reexec facilitates the busybox style reexec of the docker binary that
+// we require because of the forking limitations of using Go.  Handlers can be
+// registered with a name and the argv 0 of the exec of the binary will be used
+// to find and execute custom init paths.
 package reexec // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/stringid/README.md b/pkg/stringid/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 37a5098fd9..0000000000
--- a/pkg/stringid/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This package provides helper functions for dealing with string identifiers
diff --git a/pkg/sysinfo/README.md b/pkg/sysinfo/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c1530cef0d..0000000000
--- a/pkg/sysinfo/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SysInfo stores information about which features a kernel supports.
diff --git a/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go b/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
index 3078ecef36..ab86711c46 100644
--- a/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
+++ b/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Package sysinfo stores information about which features a kernel supports.
 package sysinfo // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/sysinfo"
 
 import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"