diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 5f0a16c0ff..b1a7331ca2 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--{
 	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
-	"Subtitle": "Version of October 6, 2016",
+	"Subtitle": "Version of October 14, 2016",
 	"Path": "/ref/spec"
 }-->
 
@@ -5755,12 +5755,12 @@ var a = complex(2, -2)             // complex128
 const b = complex(1.0, -1.4)       // untyped complex constant 1 - 1.4i
 x := float32(math.Cos(math.Pi/2))  // float32
 var c64 = complex(5, -x)           // complex64
-const s uint = complex(1, 0)       // untyped complex constant 1 + 0i can be converted to uint
-_ = complex(1, 2&lt;&lt;s)               // illegal: 2 has floating-point type, cannot shift
+var s uint = complex(1, 0)         // untyped complex constant 1 + 0i can be converted to uint
+_ = complex(1, 2&lt;&lt;s)               // illegal: 2 assumes floating-point type, cannot shift
 var rl = real(c64)                 // float32
 var im = imag(a)                   // float64
 const c = imag(b)                  // untyped constant -1.4
-_ = imag(3 &lt;&lt; s)                   // illegal: 3 has complex type, cannot shift
+_ = imag(3 &lt;&lt; s)                   // illegal: 3 assumes complex type, cannot shift
 </pre>
 
 <h3 id="Handling_panics">Handling panics</h3>