From 4e4370a49918c40da09347cc0a3a6806831fab65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamil Kisiel <kamil@kamilkisiel.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 17:33:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about `GO111MODULE` (#222)

---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 209ee9e..10755ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ errcheck is a program for checking for unchecked errors in go programs.
 
 errcheck requires Go 1.12 or newer, and depends on the package go/packages from the golang.org/x/tools repository.
 
+errcheck requires module support to be enabled, which is the default in Go 1.13 and later. If installing with Go 1.12 you will need to specify `GO111MODULE=on` if building within `$GOPATH`.
+
 ## Use
 
 For basic usage, just give the package path of interest as the first argument:
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ To check all packages beneath the current directory:
 
     errcheck ./...
 
-Or check all packages in your $GOPATH and $GOROOT:
+Or check all packages in your `$GOPATH` and `$GOROOT`:
 
     errcheck all