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diff --git a/doc/install-source.html b/doc/install-source.html
index 7da5675f63..da71f47bb7 100644
--- a/doc/install-source.html
+++ b/doc/install-source.html
@@ -194,14 +194,19 @@ To build without <code>cgo</code>, set the environment variable
<p>Go will install to a directory named <code>go</code>.
Change to the directory that will be its parent
and make sure the <code>go</code> directory does not exist.
-Then clone the repository and check out the latest release tag:</p>
+Then clone the repository and check out the latest release tag
+(<code class="versionTag">go1.6</code>, for example):</p>
<pre>
$ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go
$ cd go
-$ git checkout go1.6
+$ git checkout <span class="versionTag"><i>&lt;tag&gt;</i></span>
</pre>
+<p class="whereTag">
+Where <code>&lt;tag&gt;</code> is the version string of the release.
+</p>
+
<h2 id="head">(Optional) Switch to the master branch</h2>
<p>If you intend to modify the go source code, and
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@ New releases are announced on the
<a href="//groups.google.com/group/golang-announce">golang-announce</a>
mailing list.
Each announcement mentions the latest release tag, for instance,
-<code>go1.6</code>.
+<code class="versionTag">go1.6</code>.
</p>
<p>
@@ -388,11 +393,13 @@ To update an existing tree to the latest release, you can run:
<pre>
$ cd go/src
$ git fetch
-$ git checkout <i>&lt;tag&gt;</i>
+$ git checkout <span class="versionTag"><i>&lt;tag&gt;</i></psan>
$ ./all.bash
</pre>
+<p class="whereTag">
Where <code>&lt;tag&gt;</code> is the version string of the release.
+</p>
<h2 id="environment">Optional environment variables</h2>