diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index d5f6369312..186f42156a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -2496,7 +2496,8 @@
 // development module, then get will update the required version.
 // Specifying a version earlier than the current required version is valid and
 // downgrades the dependency. The version suffix @none indicates that the
-// dependency should be removed entirely.
+// dependency should be removed entirely, downgrading or removing modules
+// depending on it as needed.
 //
 // Although get defaults to using the latest version of the module containing
 // a named package, it does not use the latest version of that module's
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
index 2bfe6d3bb2..17a0ed45e2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ If a module under consideration is already a dependency of the current
 development module, then get will update the required version.
 Specifying a version earlier than the current required version is valid and
 downgrades the dependency. The version suffix @none indicates that the
-dependency should be removed entirely.
+dependency should be removed entirely, downgrading or removing modules
+depending on it as needed.
 
 Although get defaults to using the latest version of the module containing
 a named package, it does not use the latest version of that module's