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diff --git a/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go b/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go
index 13c37d0a2..52b09d37e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/goinstall/doc.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Flags and default settings:
-a=false install all previously installed packages
-clean=false clean the package directory before installing
-dashboard=true tally public packages on godashboard.appspot.com
+ -install=true build and install the package and its dependencies
-log=true log installed packages to $GOROOT/goinstall.log for use by -a
+ -nuke=false remove the target object and clean before installing
-u=false update already-downloaded packages
-v=false verbose operation
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ if necessary. The recognized code hosting sites are:
import "project.googlecode.com/svn/trunk"
import "project.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sub/directory"
- Launchpad
+ Launchpad (Bazaar)
import "launchpad.net/project"
import "launchpad.net/project/series"
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ system, typically HEAD for git, tip for Mercurial.
After a successful download and installation of a publicly accessible
remote package, goinstall reports the installation to godashboard.appspot.com,
which increments a count associated with the package and the time
-of its most recent installation. This mechanism powers the package list
+of its most recent installation. This mechanism powers the package list
at http://godashboard.appspot.com/package, allowing Go programmers
to learn about popular packages that might be worth looking at.
The -dashboard=false flag disables this reporting.
@@ -94,11 +96,7 @@ By default, goinstall prints output only when it encounters an error.
The -v flag causes goinstall to print information about packages
being considered and installed.
-Goinstall does not attempt to be a replacement for make.
-Instead, it invokes "make install" after locating the package sources.
-For local packages without a Makefile and all remote packages,
-goinstall creates and uses a temporary Makefile constructed from
-the import path and the list of Go files in the package.
+Goinstall does not use make. Makefiles are ignored by goinstall.
The GOPATH Environment Variable