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diff --git a/libgo/go/sync/atomic/doc.go b/libgo/go/sync/atomic/doc.go
index ecb4808ce58..33e1bcf0aec 100644
--- a/libgo/go/sync/atomic/doc.go
+++ b/libgo/go/sync/atomic/doc.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// +build !race
+
// Package atomic provides low-level atomic memory primitives
// useful for implementing synchronization algorithms.
//
@@ -14,12 +16,22 @@
// The compare-and-swap operation, implemented by the CompareAndSwapT
// functions, is the atomic equivalent of:
//
-// if *val == old {
-// *val = new
+// if *addr == old {
+// *addr = new
// return true
// }
// return false
//
+// The add operation, implemented by the AddT functions, is the atomic
+// equivalent of:
+//
+// *addr += delta
+// return *addr
+//
+// The load and store operations, implemented by the LoadT and StoreT
+// functions, are the atomic equivalents of "return *addr" and
+// "*addr = val".
+//
package atomic
import (
@@ -31,37 +43,37 @@ import (
// On x86-32, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the Pentium MMX.
// CompareAndSwapInt32 executes the compare-and-swap operation for an int32 value.
-func CompareAndSwapInt32(val *int32, old, new int32) (swapped bool)
+func CompareAndSwapInt32(addr *int32, old, new int32) (swapped bool)
// CompareAndSwapInt64 executes the compare-and-swap operation for an int64 value.
-func CompareAndSwapInt64(val *int64, old, new int64) (swapped bool)
+func CompareAndSwapInt64(addr *int64, old, new int64) (swapped bool)
// CompareAndSwapUint32 executes the compare-and-swap operation for a uint32 value.
-func CompareAndSwapUint32(val *uint32, old, new uint32) (swapped bool)
+func CompareAndSwapUint32(addr *uint32, old, new uint32) (swapped bool)
// CompareAndSwapUint64 executes the compare-and-swap operation for a uint64 value.
-func CompareAndSwapUint64(val *uint64, old, new uint64) (swapped bool)
+func CompareAndSwapUint64(addr *uint64, old, new uint64) (swapped bool)
// CompareAndSwapUintptr executes the compare-and-swap operation for a uintptr value.
-func CompareAndSwapUintptr(val *uintptr, old, new uintptr) (swapped bool)
+func CompareAndSwapUintptr(addr *uintptr, old, new uintptr) (swapped bool)
// CompareAndSwapPointer executes the compare-and-swap operation for a unsafe.Pointer value.
-func CompareAndSwapPointer(val *unsafe.Pointer, old, new unsafe.Pointer) (swapped bool)
+func CompareAndSwapPointer(addr *unsafe.Pointer, old, new unsafe.Pointer) (swapped bool)
-// AddInt32 atomically adds delta to *val and returns the new value.
-func AddInt32(val *int32, delta int32) (new int32)
+// AddInt32 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
+func AddInt32(addr *int32, delta int32) (new int32)
-// AddUint32 atomically adds delta to *val and returns the new value.
-func AddUint32(val *uint32, delta uint32) (new uint32)
+// AddUint32 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
+func AddUint32(addr *uint32, delta uint32) (new uint32)
-// AddInt64 atomically adds delta to *val and returns the new value.
-func AddInt64(val *int64, delta int64) (new int64)
+// AddInt64 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
+func AddInt64(addr *int64, delta int64) (new int64)
-// AddUint64 atomically adds delta to *val and returns the new value.
-func AddUint64(val *uint64, delta uint64) (new uint64)
+// AddUint64 atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
+func AddUint64(addr *uint64, delta uint64) (new uint64)
-// AddUintptr atomically adds delta to *val and returns the new value.
-func AddUintptr(val *uintptr, delta uintptr) (new uintptr)
+// AddUintptr atomically adds delta to *addr and returns the new value.
+func AddUintptr(addr *uintptr, delta uintptr) (new uintptr)
// LoadInt32 atomically loads *addr.
func LoadInt32(addr *int32) (val int32)