diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index 583ae9e92e..6e0d8337bf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@
 // like in Go imports:
 //
 // 	require (
-// 		new/thing v2.3.4
+// 		new/thing/v2 v2.3.4
 // 		old/thing v1.2.3
 // 	)
 //
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/help.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/help.go
index 56920c28b9..0d2dd28e5f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/help.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/help.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ The leading verb can be factored out of adjacent lines to create a block,
 like in Go imports:
 
 	require (
-		new/thing v2.3.4
+		new/thing/v2 v2.3.4
 		old/thing v1.2.3
 	)