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-rw-r--r--src/cmd/go/alldocs.go5
-rw-r--r--src/cmd/go/internal/doc/doc.go5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index 12b64d309c..b9fca791be 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -368,9 +368,8 @@
// path. The go tool's usual package mechanism does not apply: package path
// elements like . and ... are not implemented by go doc.
//
-// When run with two arguments, the first must be a full package path (not just a
-// suffix), and the second is a symbol, or symbol with method or struct field.
-// This is similar to the syntax accepted by godoc:
+// When run with two arguments, the first is a package path (full path or suffix),
+// and the second is a symbol, or symbol with method or struct field:
//
// go doc <pkg> <sym>[.<methodOrField>]
//
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/doc/doc.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/doc/doc.go
index 8580a5dc4d..7741a9022c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/doc/doc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/doc/doc.go
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ The package path must be either a qualified path or a proper suffix of a
path. The go tool's usual package mechanism does not apply: package path
elements like . and ... are not implemented by go doc.
-When run with two arguments, the first must be a full package path (not just a
-suffix), and the second is a symbol, or symbol with method or struct field.
-This is similar to the syntax accepted by godoc:
+When run with two arguments, the first is a package path (full path or suffix),
+and the second is a symbol, or symbol with method or struct field:
go doc <pkg> <sym>[.<methodOrField>]