diff --git a/src/cmd/go/get.go b/src/cmd/go/get.go
index 7d046fb8c5..0abb2d5288 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/get.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func runGet(cmd *Command, args []string) {
 	runInstall(cmd, args)
 }
 
-// downloadPath prepares the list of paths to pass to download.
+// downloadPaths prepares the list of paths to pass to download.
 // It expands ... patterns that can be expanded.  If there is no match
 // for a particular pattern, downloadPaths leaves it in the result list,
 // in the hope that we can figure out the repository from the