diff --git a/doc/go1.html b/doc/go1.html
index f4e8ae43b91..54916d56431 100644
--- a/doc/go1.html
+++ b/doc/go1.html
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ instead of a <code>Visitor</code> interface value.
 </p>
 
 <pre>
-    type WalkFunc func(path string, info *os.FileInfo, err os.Error) os.Error
+    type WalkFunc func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error
 </pre>
 
 <p>
diff --git a/doc/go1.tmpl b/doc/go1.tmpl
index 876dccf7394..b0a9df603dd 100644
--- a/doc/go1.tmpl
+++ b/doc/go1.tmpl
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ instead of a <code>Visitor</code> interface value.
 </p>
 
 <pre>
-    type WalkFunc func(path string, info *os.FileInfo, err os.Error) os.Error
+    type WalkFunc func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error
 </pre>
 
 <p>