diff --git a/content/static/doc/mod.md b/content/static/doc/mod.md
index 6ac4691..3e35e3c 100644
--- a/content/static/doc/mod.md
+++ b/content/static/doc/mod.md
@@ -813,11 +813,136 @@
 <a id="non-module-compat"></a>
 ## Compatibility with non-module repositories
 
-<!-- TODO(jayconrod):
-* Synthesized go.mod file in root directory.
-* +incompatible
-* Minimal module compatibility.
--->
+To ensure a smooth transition from `GOPATH` to modules, the `go` command can
+download and build packages in module-aware mode from repositories that have not
+migrated to modules by adding a [`go.mod` file](#glos-go.mod-file).
+
+When the `go` command downloads a module at a given version [directly](#vcs)
+from a repository, it looks up a repository URL for the module path, maps the
+version to a revision within the repository, then extracts an archive of the
+repository at that revision. If the [module's path](#glos-module-path) is equal
+to the [repository root path](#glos-repository-root-path), and the repository
+root directory does not contain a `go.mod` file, the `go` command synthesizes a
+`go.mod` file in the module cache that contains a [`module`
+directive](#go.mod-module) and nothing else. Since synthetic `go.mod` files do
+not contain [`require` directives](#go.mod-require) for their dependencies,
+other modules that depend on them may need additional `require` directives (with
+`// indirect` comments) to ensure each dependency is fetched at the same version
+on every build.
+
+When the `go` command downloads a module from a
+[proxy](#communicating-with-proxies), it downloads the `go.mod` file separately
+from the rest of the module content. The proxy is expected to serve a synthetic
+`go.mod` file if the original module didn't have one.
+
+<a id="incompatible-versions"></a>
+### `+incompatible` versions
+
+A module released at major version 2 or higher must have a matching [major
+version suffix](#major-version-suffixes) on its module path. For example, if a
+module is released at `v2.0.0`, its path must have a `/v2` suffix. This allows
+the `go` command to treat multiple major versions of a project as distinct
+modules, even if they're developed in the same repository.
+
+The major version suffix requirement was introduced when module support was
+added to the `go` command, and many repositories had already tagged releases
+with major version `2` or higher before that. To maintain compatibility with
+these repositories, the `go` command adds an `+incompatible` suffix to versions
+with major version 2 or higher without a `go.mod` file. `+incompatible`
+indicates that a version is part of the same module as versions with lower major
+version numbers; consequently, the `go` command may automatically upgrade to
+higher `+incompatible` versions even though it may break the build.
+
+Consider the example requirement below:
+
+```
+require example.com/m v4.1.2+incompatible
+```
+
+The version `v4.1.2+incompatible` refers to the [semantic version
+tag](#glos-semantic-version-tag) `v4.1.2` in the repository that provides the
+module `example.com/m`. The module must be in the repository root directory
+(that is, the [repository root path](#glos-module-path) must also be
+`example.com/m`), and a `go.mod` file must not be present. The module may have
+versions with lower major version numbers like `v1.5.2`, and the `go` command
+may upgrade automatically to `v4.1.2+incompatible` from those versions (see
+[minimal version selection (MVS)](#minimal-version-selection) for information
+on how upgrades work).
+
+A repository that migrates to modules after version `v2.0.0` is tagged should
+usually release a new major version. In the example above, the author should
+create a module with the path `example.com/m/v5` and should release version
+`v5.0.0`. The author should also update imports of packages in the module to use
+the prefix `example.com/m/v5` instead of `example.com/m`. See [Go Modules: v2
+and Beyond](https://blog.golang.org/v2-go-modules) for a more detailed example.
+
+Note that the `+incompatible` suffix should not appear on a tag in a repository;
+a tag like `v4.1.2+incompatible` will be ignored. The suffix only appears in
+versions used by the `go` command. See [Mapping versions to
+commits](#vcs-version) for details on the distinction between versions and tags.
+
+Note also that the `+incompatible` suffix may appear on
+[pseudo-versions](#glos-pseudo-version). For example,
+`v2.0.1-20200722182040-012345abcdef+incompatible` may be a valid pseudo-version.
+
+<!-- TODO(jayconrod): Is it appropriate
+to link to the blog here? Ideally, we would have a more detailed guide. -->
+
+<a id="minimal-module-compatibility"></a>
+### Minimal module compatibility
+
+A module released at major version 2 or higher is required to have a [major
+version suffix](#glos-major-version-suffix) on its [module
+path](#glos-module-path). The module may or may not be developed in a [major
+version subdirectory](#glos-major-version-subdirectory) within its repository.
+This has implications for packages that import packages within the module when
+building `GOPATH` mode.
+
+Normally in `GOPATH` mode, a package is stored in a directory matching its
+[repository's root path](#glos-repository-root-path) joined with its diretory
+within the repository. For example, a package in the repository with root path
+`example.com/repo` in the subdirectory `sub` would be stored in
+`$GOPATH/src/example.com/repo/sub` and would be imported as
+`example.com/repo/sub`.
+
+For a module with a major version suffix, one might expect to find the package
+`example.com/repo/v2/sub` in the directory
+`$GOPATH/src/example.com/repo/v2/sub`. This would require the module to be
+developed in the `v2` subdirectory of its repository. The `go` command supports
+this but does not require it (see [Mapping versions to commits](#vcs-version)).
+
+If a module is *not* developed in a major version subdirectory, then its
+directory in `GOPATH` will not contain the major version suffix, and its
+packages may be imported without the major version suffix. In the example above,
+the package would be found in the directory `$GOPATH/src/example.com/repo/sub`
+and would be imported as `example.com/repo/sub`.
+
+This creates a problem for packages intended to be built in both module mode
+and `GOPATH` mode: module mode requires a suffix, while `GOPATH` mode does not.
+
+To fix this, <dfn>minimal module compatibility</dfn> was added in Go 1.11 and
+was backported to Go 1.9.7 and 1.10.3. When an import path is resolved to a
+directory in `GOPATH` mode:
+
+* When resolving an import of the form `$modpath/$vn/$dir` where:
+  * `$modpath` is a valid module path,
+  * `$vn` is a major version suffix,
+  * `$dir` is a possibly empty subdirectory,
+* If all of the following are true:
+  * The package `$modpath/$vn/$dir` is not present in any relevant `vendor`
+    directory.
+  * A `go.mod` file is present in the same directory as the importing file
+    or in any parent directory up to the `$GOPATH/src` root,
+  * No `$GOPATH[i]/src/$modpath/$vn/$suffix` directory exists (for any root
+    `$GOPATH[i]`),
+  * The file `$GOPATH[d]/src/$modpath/go.mod` exists (for some root
+    `$GOPATH[d]`) and declares the module path as `$modpath/$vn`,
+* Then the import of `$modpath/$vn/$dir` is resolved to the directory
+  `$GOPATH[d]/src/$modpath/$dir`.
+
+This rules allow packages that have been migrated to modules to import other
+packages that have been migrated to modules when built in `GOPATH` mode even
+when a major version subdirectory was not used.
 
 <a id="mod-commands"></a>
 ## Module-aware commands
diff --git a/content/static/static.go b/content/static/static.go
index 5746431..88d2b1b 100644
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