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@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ enumerated explicitly.
     `make-parents`, `output-stream`, `reader`, `resource`, `writer`
 - `clojure.main`: `repl`
 - [`clojure.core.async`](https://clojure.github.io/core.async/) aliased as
-  `async`. The `alt` and `go` macros are not available but `alts!!` does work as
-  it is a function.
+  `async`.
 - `clojure.stacktrace`
 - `clojure.test`
 - `clojure.pprint`: `pprint` (currently backed by [fipp](https://github.com/brandonbloom/fipp)'s  `fipp.edn/pprint`)
@@ -606,10 +605,10 @@ Also see this [example](examples/process_builder.clj).
 
 ## Async
 
-Apart from `future` and `pmap` for creating threads, you may use the `async`
-namespace, which maps to `clojure.core.async`, for asynchronous scripting. The
-following example shows how to get first available value from two different
-processes:
+Apart from `future` and `pmap` for creating threads, you may use the
+`clojure.core.async` namespace, aliases as `async`, for asynchronous
+scripting. The following example shows how to get first available value from two
+different processes:
 
 ``` clojure
 bb '
@@ -622,6 +621,11 @@ bb '
 process 2
 ```
 
+Note: the `go` macro is available for compatibility with JVM programs, but the
+implementation maps to `clojure.core.async/thread` and the single exclamation
+mark operations (`<!`, `>!`, etc.) map to with the double exclamation mark
+operations (`<!!`, `>!!`, etc.). It will not `park` threads, like on the JVM.
+
 ## HTTP
 
 For making HTTP requests you can use: