diff --git a/docs/libraries/go.md b/docs/libraries/go.md
index f820074c34..c5abbedf8d 100644
--- a/docs/libraries/go.md
+++ b/docs/libraries/go.md
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 ```
-Now, run this command to interact with the lake via the local file system:
+After a re-run of `go mod tidy`, run this command to interact with the lake via
+the local file system:
 ```
 go run . ./scratch
 ```