diff --git a/src/net/http/httptest/httptest.go b/src/net/http/httptest/httptest.go
index e2148a659c1..24545f33f00 100644
--- a/src/net/http/httptest/httptest.go
+++ b/src/net/http/httptest/httptest.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ import (
 //
 // NewRequest panics on error for ease of use in testing, where a
 // panic is acceptable.
+//
+// To generate an client HTTP request instead of a server request, see
+// the NewRequest function in the net/http package.
 func NewRequest(method, target string, body io.Reader) *http.Request {
 	if method == "" {
 		method = "GET"
diff --git a/src/net/http/request.go b/src/net/http/request.go
index fb4377285de..fd9ea5494ec 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request.go
@@ -726,11 +726,11 @@ func validMethod(method string) bool {
 // methods Do, Post, and PostForm, and Transport.RoundTrip.
 //
 // NewRequest returns a Request suitable for use with Client.Do or
-// Transport.RoundTrip.
-// To create a request for use with testing a Server Handler use either
-// ReadRequest or manually update the Request fields. See the Request
-// type's documentation for the difference between inbound and outbound
-// request fields.
+// Transport.RoundTrip. To create a request for use with testing a
+// Server Handler, either use the NewRequest function in the
+// net/http/httptest package, use ReadRequest, or manually update the
+// Request fields. See the Request type's documentation for the
+// difference between inbound and outbound request fields.
 func NewRequest(method, urlStr string, body io.Reader) (*Request, error) {
 	if method == "" {
 		// We document that "" means "GET" for Request.Method, and people have