diff --git a/src/cmd/go/main.go b/src/cmd/go/main.go
index f2e4d890d3..d519ad99cf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/main.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func main() {
 	// This setting is equivalent to not setting GOPATH at all,
 	// which is not what most people want when they do it.
 	if gopath := cfg.BuildContext.GOPATH; filepath.Clean(gopath) == filepath.Clean(cfg.GOROOT) {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "warning: GOPATH set to GOROOT (%s) has no effect\n", gopath)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "warning: both GOPATH and GOROOT are the same directory (%s); see https://go.dev/wiki/InstallTroubleshooting\n", gopath)
 	} else {
 		for _, p := range filepath.SplitList(gopath) {
 			// Some GOPATHs have empty directory elements - ignore them.