diff --git a/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html b/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html
index ed59cc8a57..4573d49661 100644
--- a/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html
+++ b/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ Pass the '-w' flag to the linker to omit the debug information
The code generated by the gc compiler includes inlining of
function invocations and registerization of variables. These optimizations
-can sometimes make debugging with gdb harder. To disable them
-when debugging, pass the flags -gcflags=all="-N -l" to the
-go command used to build the code being
-debugged.
+can sometimes make debugging with gdb harder.
+If you find that you need to disable these optimizations,
+build your program using go build -gcflags=all="-N -l".