diff --git a/pages/common/go.md b/pages/common/go.md
index 68c0d95ada..ed2260814d 100644
--- a/pages/common/go.md
+++ b/pages/common/go.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 `go run {{file}}.go`
 
+- Compile a source file into a named executable:
+
+`go build -o {{executable}} {{file}}.go`
+
 - Compile the package present in the current directory:
 
 `go build`