diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index 69d410a4cd746e99ca31fd0ab75df0d99a0f3f51..54b8a69e86b90eeec3b65be9d02a595064bba781 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ const options = [
     mergeable: true,
   },
   {
-    name: 'go',
+    name: 'golang',
     description: 'Configuration object for Go language',
     stage: 'package',
     type: 'json',
diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/index.js b/lib/manager/gomod/index.js
index a128563cde9c347ccf963a690d70f056bf8d2bd9..dec06294228ab2ba94d6e6e09d3256fe2a1857fa 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/index.js
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/index.js
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ module.exports = {
   extractDependencies,
   updateDependency,
   getArtifacts,
-  language: 'go',
+  language: 'golang',
 };
diff --git a/lib/manager/index.js b/lib/manager/index.js
index 4779ecf24dd4a05e40ca3e95fb4e8d953b7e6228..89a8d865c841a3f84670ca5c2ca6748b5f109bd8 100644
--- a/lib/manager/index.js
+++ b/lib/manager/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ for (const manager of managerList) {
   managers[manager] = require(`./${manager}`);
 }
 
-const languageList = ['docker', 'go', 'js', 'node', 'php', 'python'];
+const languageList = ['docker', 'golang', 'js', 'node', 'php', 'python'];
 
 const get = (manager, name) => managers[manager][name];
 const getLanguageList = () => languageList;
diff --git a/website/docs/configuration-options.md b/website/docs/configuration-options.md
index 2d3f65dee3ddd7dd005208a99c17d18224696d19..34922ad756682b10c61358b666a4a13ab2949414 100644
--- a/website/docs/configuration-options.md
+++ b/website/docs/configuration-options.md
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ The primary use case for this option is if you are following a pre-release tag o
 
 Add to this configuration setting if you need to override any of the GitLab CI default settings. Use the `docker` config object instead if you wish for configuration to apply across all Docker-related package managers.
 
-## go
+## golang
 
 Configuration added here applies for all Go-related updates, however currently the only supported package manager for Go is the native Go Modules (`go mod`).