diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml
index 84b146532b1..70c135555ea 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/go.xml
@@ -191,18 +191,6 @@ deis = buildGoPackage rec {
    To extract dependency information from a Go package in automated way use <link xlink:href="https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix">go2nix</link>. It can produce complete derivation and <varname>goDeps</varname> file for Go programs.
   </para>
 
-  <para>
-   <varname>buildGoPackage</varname> produces <xref linkend='chap-multiple-output' xrefstyle="select: title" /> where <varname>bin</varname> includes program binaries. You can test build a Go binary as follows:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-build -A deis.bin
-</screen>
-   or build all outputs with:
-<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-build -A deis.all
-</screen>
-   <varname>bin</varname> output will be installed by default with <varname>nix-env -i</varname> or <varname>systemPackages</varname>.
-  </para>
-
   <para>
    You may use Go packages installed into the active Nix profiles by adding the following to your ~/.bashrc:
 <screen>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index 07f11239366..65cea9ca1c4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ environment.systemPackages = [
      the <literal>notmuch.emacs</literal> output.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+   <para>
+     The default output of <literal>buildGoPackage</literal> is now <literal>$out</literal> instead of <literal>$bin</literal>.
+   </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/pkgs/development/go-packages/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/go-packages/generic/default.nix
index b4ec8bd1706..54d1c743bee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/go-packages/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/go-packages/generic/default.nix
@@ -203,15 +203,15 @@ let
     installPhase = args.installPhase or ''
       runHook preInstall
 
-      mkdir -p $bin
+      mkdir -p $out
       dir="$NIX_BUILD_TOP/go/bin"
-      [ -e "$dir" ] && cp -r $dir $bin
+      [ -e "$dir" ] && cp -r $dir $out
 
       runHook postInstall
     '';
 
     preFixup = preFixup + ''
-      find $bin/bin -type f -exec ${removeExpr removeReferences} '{}' + || true
+      find $out/bin -type f -exec ${removeExpr removeReferences} '{}' + || true
     '';
 
     strictDeps = true;
@@ -235,9 +235,6 @@ let
 
     enableParallelBuilding = enableParallelBuilding;
 
-    # I prefer to call this dev but propagatedBuildInputs expects $out to exist
-    outputs = args.outputs or [ "bin" "out" ];
-
     meta = {
       # Add default meta information
       homepage = "https://${goPackagePath}";