diff --git a/doc/go_tutorial.html b/doc/go_tutorial.html
index 11e9b4ad777..e3d966b874e 100644
--- a/doc/go_tutorial.html
+++ b/doc/go_tutorial.html
@@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ We can use the factory to construct some familiar, exported variables of type <c
 <p>
 <pre> <!-- progs/file.go /var/ /^.$/ -->
 24    var (
-25        Stdin  = newFile(0, &quot;/dev/stdin&quot;)
-26        Stdout = newFile(1, &quot;/dev/stdout&quot;)
-27        Stderr = newFile(2, &quot;/dev/stderr&quot;)
+25        Stdin  = newFile(syscall.Stdin, &quot;/dev/stdin&quot;)
+26        Stdout = newFile(syscall.Stdout, &quot;/dev/stdout&quot;)
+27        Stderr = newFile(syscall.Stderr, &quot;/dev/stderr&quot;)
 28    )
 </pre>
 <p>
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ something from the directory of installed packages.
 (Also, ''<code>file.go</code>'' must be compiled before we can import the
 package.)
 <p>
-Now we can compile and run the program:
+Now we can compile and run the program. On Unix, this would be the result:
 <p>
 <pre>
     $ 6g file.go                       # compile file package
diff --git a/doc/progs/file.go b/doc/progs/file.go
index d3fb5ae9e82..df3a3cf71c8 100644
--- a/doc/progs/file.go
+++ b/doc/progs/file.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ func newFile(fd int, name string) *File {
 }
 
 var (
-	Stdin  = newFile(0, "/dev/stdin")
-	Stdout = newFile(1, "/dev/stdout")
-	Stderr = newFile(2, "/dev/stderr")
+	Stdin  = newFile(syscall.Stdin, "/dev/stdin")
+	Stdout = newFile(syscall.Stdout, "/dev/stdout")
+	Stderr = newFile(syscall.Stderr, "/dev/stderr")
 )
 
 func Open(name string, mode int, perm uint32) (file *File, err os.Error) {