From aef8d25a920d068869be675796cf578544c7d277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: headdetect <headdetective2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 06:19:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] go: Update "statements in if" use case (#1199)

Co-authored-by: Rico Sta. Cruz <rstacruz@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 go.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/go.md b/go.md
index 581521d93..fdc212350 100644
--- a/go.md
+++ b/go.md
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ See: [If](https://tour.golang.org/flowcontrol/5)
 ### Statements in if
 
 ```go
-if _, err := getResult(); err != nil {
+if _, err := doThing(); err != nil {
   fmt.Println("Uh oh")
 }
 ```
 {: data-line="1"}
 
-A condition in an `if` statement can be preceded with a statement before a `;`.
+A condition in an `if` statement can be preceded with a statement before a `;`. Variables declared by the statement are only in scope until the end of the `if`.
 
 See: [If with a short statement](https://tour.golang.org/flowcontrol/6)