diff --git a/hack/verify-govet.sh b/hack/verify-govet.sh
index 3a6bf72d43b4..86ec58aefcaa 100755
--- a/hack/verify-govet.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-govet.sh
@@ -14,41 +14,39 @@ mkdir -p _output/govet
 os::build::setup_env
 
 vetexceptions=(
-  "pkg/auth/ldaputil/client.go:69: assignment copies lock value to c: crypto/tls.Config contains sync.Once contains sync.Mutex"
+	"pkg/auth/ldaputil/client.go:69: assignment copies lock value to c: crypto/tls.Config contains sync.Once contains sync.Mutex"
 )
-function is_vetexception()
-{
-  text=$1
-  echo "checking ${text}"
-  for ve in "${vetexceptions[@]}"
-  do
-    if [[ ve == ${text} ]]
-    then
-    echo "returning true"
-      return 0
-    fi
-  done
-  return 1
+
+function is_vetexception() {
+	text=$1
+	echo "checking ${text}"
+	for ve in "${vetexceptions[@]}"; do
+		if [[ "${ve}" = "${text}" ]]; then
+			echo "returning true"
+			return 0
+		fi
+	done
+	return 1
 }
 
 FAILURE=false
 test_dirs=$(find_files | cut -d '/' -f 1-2 | sort -u)
-for test_dir in $test_dirs
-do
-  result=$(go tool vet -shadow=false $test_dir)
-  if [ "$?" -ne 0 ] && [ ! is_vetexception "${result}" ]
-  then
-    FAILURE=true
-  fi
+for test_dir in $test_dirs; do
+	if ! result="$( go tool vet -shadow=false "${test_dir}" )"; then
+		while read -r line; do
+			if ! is_vetexception "${line}"; then
+				FAILURE=true
+			fi
+		done <<<${result}
+	fi
 done
 
 # We don't want to exit on the first failure of go vet, so just keep track of
 # whether a failure occurred or not.
-if $FAILURE
-then
-  echo "FAILURE: go vet failed!"
-  exit 1
+if $FAILURE; then
+	echo "FAILURE: go vet failed!"
+	exit 1
 else
-  echo "SUCCESS: go vet succeded!"
-  exit 0
+	echo "SUCCESS: go vet succeded!"
+	exit 0
 fi