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 <p>
 The programs can also be run as stand-alone binaries, with unmodified arguments,
-using the go tool subcommand, such as "go tool fmt".
-This style of invocation allows, for instance, reformatting a single source file rather than
-an entire package: "go tool fmt myprogram.go" as compared to
-"go fmt mypackage".
+using the go tool subcommand, such as "go tool vet".
+This style of invocation allows, for instance, checking a single source file rather than
+an entire package: "go tool vet myprogram.go" as compared to
+"go vet mypackage".
 Some of the commands, such as prof and yacc, are accessible
 only through the go tool subcommand.
 </p>