src/cmd/go/alldocs.go             | 5 ++---
 src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go | 5 ++---

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index 1d3098a76e4597c7f12cf00506ce372e225fa513..826b0ccf19ce359c5235a3a7a81b069748caea68 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -209,9 +209,8 @@ // 		is deprecated but still recognized.)
 // 	-trimpath
 // 		remove all file system paths from the resulting executable.
 // 		Instead of absolute file system paths, the recorded file names
-// 		will begin with either "go" (for the standard library),
-// 		or a module path@version (when using modules),
-// 		or a plain import path (when using GOPATH).
+// 		will begin either a module path@version (when using modules),
+// 		or a plain import path (when using the standard library, or GOPATH).
 // 	-toolexec 'cmd args'
 // 		a program to use to invoke toolchain programs like vet and asm.
 // 		For example, instead of running asm, the go command will run
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go
index 56648338c553c47e2c4f664acd278d926a78fcee..1c278d3d992838549ea170ada4b53ef581244171 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/build.go
@@ -162,9 +162,8 @@ 		is deprecated but still recognized.)
 	-trimpath
 		remove all file system paths from the resulting executable.
 		Instead of absolute file system paths, the recorded file names
-		will begin with either "go" (for the standard library),
-		or a module path@version (when using modules),
-		or a plain import path (when using GOPATH).
+		will begin either a module path@version (when using modules),
+		or a plain import path (when using the standard library, or GOPATH).
 	-toolexec 'cmd args'
 		a program to use to invoke toolchain programs like vet and asm.
 		For example, instead of running asm, the go command will run