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diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
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--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ standard output, even if the test printed them to its own standard
error. (The go command's standard error is reserved for printing
errors building the tests.)
+The go command places $GOROOT/bin at the beginning of $PATH
+in the test's environment, so that tests that execute
+'go' commands use the same 'go' as the parent 'go test' command.
+
Go test runs in two different modes:
The first, called local directory mode, occurs when go test is