src/pkg/os/file_unix.go    | 2 +-
 src/pkg/os/file_windows.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go b/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go
index 5d53770532682a70c8ff4325769caa5e549dcd87..9bd75bce01aa0412c8aefcc7f41d7ecc21a962a4 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/file_unix.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ }
 
 // Readdir reads the contents of the directory associated with file and
 // returns an array of up to count FileInfo structures, as would be returned
-// by Stat, in directory order.  Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
+// by Lstat, in directory order.  Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
 // further FileInfos.
 // A negative count means to read until EOF.
 // Readdir returns the array and an Error, if any.
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file_windows.go b/src/pkg/os/file_windows.go
index cb2ac987cf84f78fb0b9ce816fb4b18a72ede5fa..e26c138c383372b2853924d64160ac2a79aefb67 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/file_windows.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/file_windows.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ }
 
 // Readdir reads the contents of the directory associated with file and
 // returns an array of up to count FileInfo structures, as would be returned
-// by Stat, in directory order.  Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
+// by Lstat, in directory order.  Subsequent calls on the same file will yield
 // further FileInfos.
 // A negative count means to read until EOF.
 // Readdir returns the array and an Error, if any.