diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index af5e572b23..7ab60aac22 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 //
 // Usage:
 //
-// 	go get [-d] [-f] [-fix] [-insecure] [-t] [-u] [build flags] [packages]
+// 	go get [-d] [-f] [-fix] [-insecure] [-t] [-u] [-v] [build flags] [packages]
 //
 // Get downloads the packages named by the import paths, along with their
 // dependencies. It then installs the named packages, like 'go install'.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/get/get.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/get/get.go
index d42dae6e61..733116eca0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/get/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/get/get.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var CmdGet = &base.Command{
-	UsageLine: "get [-d] [-f] [-fix] [-insecure] [-t] [-u] [build flags] [packages]",
+	UsageLine: "get [-d] [-f] [-fix] [-insecure] [-t] [-u] [-v] [build flags] [packages]",
 	Short:     "download and install packages and dependencies",
 	Long: `
 Get downloads the packages named by the import paths, along with their