diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go
index 075e0433df..0bffa55af6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modfetch/repo.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ type lookupCacheKey struct {
 // from its origin, and "noproxy" indicates that the patch should be fetched
 // directly only if GONOPROXY matches the given path.
 //
-// For the distinguished proxy "off", Lookup now returns a Repo that returns
+// For the distinguished proxy "off", Lookup always returns a Repo that returns
 // a non-nil error for every method call.
 //
 // A successful return does not guarantee that the module