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-rw-r--r--doc/godebug.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/63703.md11
-rw-r--r--doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/path/filepath/63703.md6
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diff --git a/doc/godebug.md b/doc/godebug.md
index 83b4bda89a..2b8852a7ec 100644
--- a/doc/godebug.md
+++ b/doc/godebug.md
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ At previous versions (`winsymlink=0`), mount points are treated as symlinks,
and other reparse points with non-default [`os.ModeType`](/pkg/os#ModeType) bits
(such as [`os.ModeDir`](/pkg/os#ModeDir)) do not have the `ModeIrregular` bit set.
+Go 1.23 changed [`os.Readlink`](/pkg/os#Readlink) and [`filepath.EvalSymlinks`](/pkg/path/filepath#EvalSymlinks)
+to avoid trying to normalize volumes to drive letters, which was not always even possible.
+This behavior is controlled by the `winreadlinkvolume` setting.
+For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winreadlinkvolume=1`.
+Previous versions default to `winreadlinkvolume=0`.
+
### Go 1.22
Go 1.22 adds a configurable limit to control the maximum acceptable RSA key size
diff --git a/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/63703.md b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/63703.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..581ea142ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/os/63703.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+On Windows, the [`os.Readlink`](/os#Readlink) function no longer tries
+to resolve mount points to a canonical path.
+This behavior is controlled by the `winsymlink` setting.
+For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winsymlink=1`.
+Previous versions default to `winsymlink=0`.
+
+On Windows, [`os.Readlink`](/pkg/path/filepath#EvalSymlinks) no longer tries
+to normalize volumes to drive letters, which was not always even possible.
+This behavior is controlled by the `winreadlinkvolume` setting.
+For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winreadlinkvolume=1`.
+Previous versions default to `winreadlinkvolume=0`. \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/path/filepath/63703.md b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/path/filepath/63703.md
index f5dc76c46a..0aa0ba6fe3 100644
--- a/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/path/filepath/63703.md
+++ b/doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/path/filepath/63703.md
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ mount points, which was a source of many inconsistencies and bugs.
This behavior is controlled by the `winsymlink` setting.
For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winsymlink=1`.
Previous versions default to `winsymlink=0`.
+
+On Windows, [`filepath.EvalSymlinks`](/pkg/path/filepath#EvalSymlinks) no longer tries
+to normalize volumes to drive letters, which was not always even possible.
+This behavior is controlled by the `winreadlinkvolume` setting.
+For Go 1.23, it defaults to `winreadlinkvolume=1`.
+Previous versions default to `winreadlinkvolume=0`. \ No newline at end of file