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 <p>
 <a href="https://golang.org/dl/" target="_blank">Official binary
 distributions</a> are available for the FreeBSD (release 8-STABLE and above),
-Linux, Mac OS X (10.7 and above), and Windows operating systems and
+Linux, Mac OS X (10.8 and above), and Windows operating systems and
 the 32-bit (<code>386</code>) and 64-bit (<code>amd64</code>) x86 processor
 architectures.
 </p>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If your OS or architecture is not on the list, you may be able to
 <tr><td colspan="3"><hr></td></tr>
 <tr><td>FreeBSD 8-STABLE or later</td> <td>amd64</td> <td>Debian GNU/kFreeBSD not supported</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Linux 2.6.23 or later with glibc</td> <td>amd64, 386, arm</td> <td>CentOS/RHEL 5.x not supported</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Mac OS X 10.7 or later</td> <td>amd64</td> <td>use the clang or gcc<sup>&#8224;</sup> that comes with Xcode<sup>&#8225;</sup></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Mac OS X 10.7 or later</td> <td>amd64</td> <td>use the clang or gcc<sup>&#8224;</sup> that comes with Xcode<sup>&#8225;</sup> for <code>cgo</code> support</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Windows XP or later</td> <td>amd64, 386</td> <td>use MinGW gcc<sup>&#8224;</sup>. No need for cygwin or msys.</td></tr>
 </table>