diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index 084a104600..6b91b53347 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -1687,8 +1687,8 @@
 // and its test source files to identify significant problems. If go vet
 // finds any problems, go test reports those and does not run the test
 // binary. Only a high-confidence subset of the default go vet checks are
-// used. That subset is: 'atomic', 'bool', 'buildtags', 'errorsas',
-// 'ifaceassert', 'nilfunc', 'printf', and 'stringintconv'. You can see
+// used. That subset is: atomic, bool, buildtags, directive, errorsas,
+// ifaceassert, nilfunc, printf, and stringintconv. You can see
 // the documentation for these and other vet tests via "go doc cmd/vet".
 // To disable the running of go vet, use the -vet=off flag. To run all
 // checks, use the -vet=all flag.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
index aaeb70a544..904144f279 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ As part of building a test binary, go test runs go vet on the package
 and its test source files to identify significant problems. If go vet
 finds any problems, go test reports those and does not run the test
 binary. Only a high-confidence subset of the default go vet checks are
-used. That subset is: 'atomic', 'bool', 'buildtags', 'errorsas',
-'ifaceassert', 'nilfunc', 'printf', and 'stringintconv'. You can see
+used. That subset is: atomic, bool, buildtags, directive, errorsas,
+ifaceassert, nilfunc, printf, and stringintconv. You can see
 the documentation for these and other vet tests via "go doc cmd/vet".
 To disable the running of go vet, use the -vet=off flag. To run all
 checks, use the -vet=all flag.
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ var defaultVetFlags = []string{
 	// "-cgocall",
 	// "-composites",
 	// "-copylocks",
+	"-directive",
 	"-errorsas",
 	// "-httpresponse",
 	"-ifaceassert",