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@@ -174,10 +174,12 @@ Do not send CLs removing the interior tags from such phrases.
   non-reproducible builds.
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-<p><!-- golang.org/issue/43052 -->
-  The <code>go</code> command now disallows non-ASCII import paths in module
-  mode. Non-ASCII module paths have already been disallowed so this change
-  affects module subdirectory paths that contain non-ASCII characters.
+<p><!-- golang.org/issue/43052, golang.org/issue/43985 -->
+  In module mode, the <code>go</code> command now disallows import paths that
+  include non-ASCII characters or path elements with a leading dot character
+  (<code>.</code>). Module paths with these characters were already disallowed
+  (see <a href="/ref/mod#go-mod-file-ident">Module paths and versions</a>),
+  so this change affects only paths within module subdirectories.
 </p>
 
 <h4 id="embed">Embedding Files</h4>