diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index 600084187f58..cb8045d635f2 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -1065,11 +1065,11 @@ linters-settings:
     check-receiver: false
     # Check named return values. (defaults to false)
     check-return: false
-    # Ignore "ok" variables that hold the bool return value of a type assertion. (defaults to true)
+    # Ignore "ok" variables that hold the bool return value of a type assertion. (defaults to false)
     ignore-type-assert-ok: false
-    # Ignore "ok" variables that hold the bool return value of a map index. (defaults to true)
+    # Ignore "ok" variables that hold the bool return value of a map index. (defaults to false)
     ignore-map-index-ok: false
-    # Ignore "ok" variables that hold the bool return value of a channel receive. (defaults to true)
+    # Ignore "ok" variables that hold the bool return value of a channel receive. (defaults to false)
     ignore-chan-recv-ok: false
     # Optional list of variable names that should be ignored completely. (defaults to empty list)
     ignore-names:
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 1df16729eb00..338e6b14d3fa 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -82,11 +82,8 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 		Algo: "cha",
 	},
 	Varnamelen: VarnamelenSettings{
-		MaxDistance:        5,
-		MinNameLength:      3,
-		IgnoreTypeAssertOk: true,
-		IgnoreMapIndexOk:   true,
-		IgnoreChanRecvOk:   true,
+		MaxDistance:   5,
+		MinNameLength: 3,
 	},
 	WSL: WSLSettings{
 		StrictAppend:                     true,