diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1a59803..035a373 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             go get -v github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
             go get -v -t -d ./...
-            curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | bash -s v1.10.2
+            curl -sfL https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh | bash -s v1.15.0
             mkdir ~/report
           when: always
       - run:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index bb56945..0b9ebc2 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ linters:
   disable:
     - maligned
     - lll
+    - gochecknoglobals
 
 linters-settings:
   govet:
diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index e1e8ce2..d26d300 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ func printNodeDetail(w *helpWriter, node *Node, hide bool) {
 
 func writeCommandList(cmds []*Node, iw *helpWriter) {
 	for i, cmd := range cmds {
+		if cmd.Hidden {
+			continue
+		}
 		printCommandSummary(iw, cmd)
 		if i != len(cmds)-1 {
 			iw.Print("")
@@ -152,29 +155,37 @@ func writeCommandList(cmds []*Node, iw *helpWriter) {
 func writeCompactCommandList(cmds []*Node, iw *helpWriter) {
 	rows := [][2]string{}
 	for _, cmd := range cmds {
+		if cmd.Hidden {
+			continue
+		}
 		rows = append(rows, [2]string{cmd.Path(), cmd.Help})
 	}
-	writeTwoColumns(iw, defaultColumnPadding, rows)
+	writeTwoColumns(iw, rows)
 }
 
 func writeCommandTree(w *helpWriter, node *Node) {
 	iw := w.Indent()
 	rows := make([][2]string, 0, len(node.Children)*2)
 	for i, cmd := range node.Children {
+		if cmd.Hidden {
+			continue
+		}
 		rows = append(rows, w.commandTree(cmd, "")...)
 		if i != len(node.Children)-1 {
 			rows = append(rows, [2]string{"", ""})
 		}
 	}
-	writeTwoColumns(iw, defaultColumnPadding, rows)
+	writeTwoColumns(iw, rows)
 }
 
+// nolint: unused
 type helpCommandGroup struct {
 	Name     string
 	Commands []*Node
 }
 
-func collectCommandGroups(nodes []*Node) []helpCommandGroup { // nolint: deadcode
+// nolint: unused, deadcode
+func collectCommandGroups(nodes []*Node) []helpCommandGroup {
 	groups := map[string][]*Node{}
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		groups[node.Group] = append(groups[node.Group], node)
@@ -253,7 +264,7 @@ func writePositionals(w *helpWriter, args []*Positional) {
 	for _, arg := range args {
 		rows = append(rows, [2]string{arg.Summary(), arg.Help})
 	}
-	writeTwoColumns(w, defaultColumnPadding, rows)
+	writeTwoColumns(w, rows)
 }
 
 func writeFlags(w *helpWriter, groups [][]*Flag) {
@@ -277,10 +288,10 @@ func writeFlags(w *helpWriter, groups [][]*Flag) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	writeTwoColumns(w, defaultColumnPadding, rows)
+	writeTwoColumns(w, rows)
 }
 
-func writeTwoColumns(w *helpWriter, padding int, rows [][2]string) {
+func writeTwoColumns(w *helpWriter, rows [][2]string) {
 	maxLeft := 375 * w.width / 1000
 	if maxLeft < 30 {
 		maxLeft = 30
@@ -293,16 +304,16 @@ func writeTwoColumns(w *helpWriter, padding int, rows [][2]string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	offsetStr := strings.Repeat(" ", leftSize+padding)
+	offsetStr := strings.Repeat(" ", leftSize+defaultColumnPadding)
 
 	for _, row := range rows {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-		doc.ToText(buf, row[1], "", strings.Repeat(" ", defaultIndent), w.width-leftSize-padding)
+		doc.ToText(buf, row[1], "", strings.Repeat(" ", defaultIndent), w.width-leftSize-defaultColumnPadding)
 		lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimRight(buf.String(), "\n"), "\n")
 
 		line := fmt.Sprintf("%-*s", leftSize, row[0])
 		if len(row[0]) < maxLeft {
-			line += fmt.Sprintf("%*s%s", padding, "", lines[0])
+			line += fmt.Sprintf("%*s%s", defaultColumnPadding, "", lines[0])
 			lines = lines[1:]
 		}
 		w.Print(line)
diff --git a/kong_test.go b/kong_test.go
index a4f5a25..3ce1ef4 100644
--- a/kong_test.go
+++ b/kong_test.go
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ func TestHooks(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		*ctx = hookContext{}
 		cli.One = hookCmd{}
+		// nolint: scopelint
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := p.Parse(strings.Split(test.input, " "))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index addd64f..154aebc 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type ConfigFlag string
 // BeforeResolve adds a resolver.
 func (c ConfigFlag) BeforeResolve(kong *Kong, ctx *Context, trace *Path) error {
 	if kong.loader == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Kong must be configured with kong.Configuration(...)")
+		return fmt.Errorf("kong must be configured with kong.Configuration(...)")
 	}
 	path := string(ctx.FlagValue(trace.Flag).(ConfigFlag))
 	resolver, err := kong.LoadConfig(path)