diff --git a/doc/go1.html b/doc/go1.html
index f7a33c4038c..53b338b8659 100644
--- a/doc/go1.html
+++ b/doc/go1.html
@@ -1505,8 +1505,8 @@ methods.
 The system-specific details of file modes and properties such as (on Unix)
 i-number have been removed from <code>FileInfo</code> altogether.
 Instead, each operating system's <code>os</code> package provides an
-implementation of the <code>FileInfo</code> interface, <code>*os.FileStat</code>,
-which has a <code>Sys</code> method that returns the
+implementation of the <code>FileInfo</code> interface, which
+has a <code>Sys</code> method that returns the
 system-specific representation of file metadata.
 For instance, to discover the i-number of a file on a Unix system, unpack
 the <code>FileInfo</code> like this:
diff --git a/doc/go1.tmpl b/doc/go1.tmpl
index f9744123258..b487c009af7 100644
--- a/doc/go1.tmpl
+++ b/doc/go1.tmpl
@@ -1408,8 +1408,8 @@ methods.
 The system-specific details of file modes and properties such as (on Unix)
 i-number have been removed from <code>FileInfo</code> altogether.
 Instead, each operating system's <code>os</code> package provides an
-implementation of the <code>FileInfo</code> interface, <code>*os.FileStat</code>,
-which has a <code>Sys</code> method that returns the
+implementation of the <code>FileInfo</code> interface, which
+has a <code>Sys</code> method that returns the
 system-specific representation of file metadata.
 For instance, to discover the i-number of a file on a Unix system, unpack
 the <code>FileInfo</code> like this: