diff --git a/pages/common/go-build.md b/pages/common/go-build.md
index a8460fe92f..01cea6c8e0 100644
--- a/pages/common/go-build.md
+++ b/pages/common/go-build.md
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
# go build
-> Tool for compiling packages and dependencies.
-> More information: .
+> Compile Go sources.
+> More information: .
-- Compile a source file into a named executable:
+- Compile a file:
-`go build -o {{executable}} {{path/to/main/file}}.go`
+`go build path/to/main.go`
-- Compile a main package into a named executable:
+- Compile into named output:
-`go build -o {{executable}} {{path/to/main/package}}`
+`go build -o {{binary}} path/to/source.go`
+
+- Compile a package:
+
+`go build -o {{binary}} path/to/package`
+
+- Compile a main package into an executable, with data race detection:
+
+`go build -race -o {{executable}} path/to/main/package`