diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index 12134b21c0..9108775e75 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -1472,9 +1472,7 @@
 //
 // Each entry in the GOFLAGS list must be a standalone flag.
 // Because the entries are space-separated, flag values must
-// not contain spaces. In some cases, you can provide multiple flag
-// values instead: for example, to set '-ldflags=-s -w'
-// you can use 'GOFLAGS=-ldflags=-s -ldflags=-w'.
+// not contain spaces.
 //
 // Environment variables for use with cgo:
 //
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/help/helpdoc.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/help/helpdoc.go
index c8ea66a327..ba9b14a4e6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/help/helpdoc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/help/helpdoc.go
@@ -509,9 +509,7 @@ General-purpose environment variables:
 
 Each entry in the GOFLAGS list must be a standalone flag.
 Because the entries are space-separated, flag values must
-not contain spaces. In some cases, you can provide multiple flag
-values instead: for example, to set '-ldflags=-s -w'
-you can use 'GOFLAGS=-ldflags=-s -ldflags=-w'.
+not contain spaces.
 
 Environment variables for use with cgo: