diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_go_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_go_generator.cc
index 07712f9..87681e1 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_go_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_go_generator.cc
@@ -1071,6 +1071,7 @@
   vector<t_field*>::const_iterator m_iter;
 
   std::string tstruct_name(publicize(tstruct->get_name(), is_args || is_result));
+  generate_go_docstring(out, tstruct);
   out << indent() << "type " << tstruct_name << " struct {" << endl;
   /*
      Here we generate the structure specification for the fastbinary codec.