diff --git a/cmd/benchcmp/benchcmp.go b/cmd/benchcmp/benchcmp.go
index ce396ce3..c2f0013e 100644
--- a/cmd/benchcmp/benchcmp.go
+++ b/cmd/benchcmp/benchcmp.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Benchcmp is a utility for comparing benchmark runs.
 package main
 
 import (
diff --git a/cmd/benchcmp/doc.go b/cmd/benchcmp/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0714b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/benchcmp/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/*
+
+The benchcmp command displays performance changes between benchmarks.
+
+Benchcmp parses the output of two 'go test' benchmark runs,
+correlates the results per benchmark, and displays the deltas.
+
+To measure the performance impact of a change, use 'go test'
+to run benchmarks before and after the change:
+
+	go test -run=NONE -bench=. ./... > old.txt
+	# make changes
+	go test -run=NONE -bench=. ./... > new.txt
+
+Then feed the benchmark results to benchcmp:
+
+	benchcmp old.txt new.txt
+
+Benchcmp will summarize and display the performance changes,
+in a format like this:
+
+	$ benchcmp old.txt new.txt
+	benchmark           old ns/op     new ns/op     delta
+	BenchmarkConcat     523           68.6          -86.88%
+
+	benchmark           old allocs     new allocs     delta
+	BenchmarkConcat     3              1              -66.67%
+
+	benchmark           old bytes     new bytes     delta
+	BenchmarkConcat     80            48            -40.00%
+
+*/
+package main