diff --git a/update-golang.sh b/update-golang.sh
index e1f8584b..949d3219 100755
--- a/update-golang.sh
+++ b/update-golang.sh
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ default_goroot=/usr/local/go
 
 profile_path_add() {
     profile_path_remove
-    { echo "# DO NOT EDIT: installed by $path_mark"; echo ""; }  >> "$abs_profiled"
+    { echo; echo "# DO NOT EDIT: installed by $path_mark"; echo ""; }  >> "$abs_profiled"
 
     msg profile_path_add: issuing new "$abs_gobin" to "$abs_profiled"
     { echo 'if ! echo "$PATH" | grep -Eq "(^|:)'"$abs_gobin"'($|:)"';
diff --git a/update-golang.sh.sha256 b/update-golang.sh.sha256
index a316b75f..eacaacd9 100644
--- a/update-golang.sh.sha256
+++ b/update-golang.sh.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-907f142b15c6a12a48ae2d2fad361437da4d2b68aeff177b35e234ad68c2d30c  update-golang.sh
+d88fb9dfe8bf06b70dfbcda7a7c541350f987100989e4aca0ebc8f2268590a63  update-golang.sh