diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index a785363d963f..dff0aec98fb2 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -318,14 +318,17 @@ linters-settings:
     min-complexity: 10
 
   godot:
-    # comments to be checked: `declarations`, `toplevel`, or `all`
-    scope: declarations
+    # comments to be checked: `declarations`, `toplevel`, or `all` (default: declarations)
+    scope: toplevel
     # list of regexps for excluding particular comment lines from check
     exclude:
-      # example: exclude comments which contain numbers
-      # - '[0-9]+'
-    # check that each sentence starts with a capital letter
-    capital: false
+      # exclude todo and fixme comments
+      - "^fixme:"
+      - "^todo:"
+    # check that each sentence ends with a period (default: true)
+    period: false
+    # check that each sentence starts with a capital letter (default: false)
+    capital: true
 
   godox:
     # report any comments starting with keywords, this is useful for TODO or FIXME comments that
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 62edb3c86cb1..2757bae366c4 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 	Godox: GodoxSettings{
 		Keywords: []string{},
 	},
+	Godot: GodotSettings{
+		Scope:  "declarations",
+		Period: true,
+	},
 	Gofumpt: GofumptSettings{
 		LangVersion: "",
 		ExtraRules:  false,
@@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ type GodotSettings struct {
 	Scope   string   `mapstructure:"scope"`
 	Exclude []string `mapstructure:"exclude"`
 	Capital bool     `mapstructure:"capital"`
+	Period  bool     `mapstructure:"period"`
 
 	// Deprecated: use `Scope` instead
 	CheckAll bool `mapstructure:"check-all"`
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/godot.go b/pkg/golinters/godot.go
index 57c9c4493fd8..cd5b2a43ef02 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/godot.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/godot.go
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ func NewGodot() *goanalysis.Linter {
 		settings := godot.Settings{
 			Scope:   godot.Scope(cfg.Scope),
 			Exclude: cfg.Exclude,
-			Period:  true,
+			Period:  cfg.Period,
 			Capital: cfg.Capital,
 		}
 
 		// Convert deprecated setting
+		// todo(butuzov): remove on v2 release
 		if cfg.CheckAll { // nolint:staticcheck
-			settings.Scope = godot.TopLevelScope
+			settings.Scope = godot.AllScope
 		}
 
 		if settings.Scope == "" {