diff --git a/src/go/ast/import.go b/src/go/ast/import.go
index 3e53f10677c..84d00fef995 100644
--- a/src/go/ast/import.go
+++ b/src/go/ast/import.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func sortSpecs(fset *token.FileSet, f *File, d *GenDecl, specs []Spec) []Spec {
 		if s.Name != nil {
 			s.Name.NamePos = pos[i].Start
 		}
-		s.Path.ValuePos = pos[i].Start
+		updateBasicLitPos(s.Path, pos[i].Start)
 		s.EndPos = pos[i].End
 		for _, g := range importComments[s] {
 			for _, c := range g.cg.List {
@@ -245,3 +245,14 @@ func sortSpecs(fset *token.FileSet, f *File, d *GenDecl, specs []Spec) []Spec {
 
 	return specs
 }
+
+// updateBasicLitPos updates lit.Pos,
+// ensuring that lit.End is displaced by the same amount.
+// (See https://go.dev/issue/76395.)
+func updateBasicLitPos(lit *BasicLit, pos token.Pos) {
+	len := lit.End() - lit.Pos()
+	lit.ValuePos = pos
+	if lit.ValueEnd.IsValid() {
+		lit.ValueEnd = pos + len
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/go/doc/example.go b/src/go/doc/example.go
index 5c03c6612f9..228bdf58f81 100644
--- a/src/go/doc/example.go
+++ b/src/go/doc/example.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func playExample(file *ast.File, f *ast.FuncDecl) *ast.File {
 			spec := *s
 			path := *s.Path
 			spec.Path = &path
-			spec.Path.ValuePos = groupStart(&spec)
+			updateBasicLitPos(spec.Path, groupStart(&spec))
 			namedImports = append(namedImports, &spec)
 			delete(unresolved, n)
 		}
@@ -720,3 +720,14 @@ func isExampleSuffix(s string) bool {
 	r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
 	return size > 0 && unicode.IsLower(r)
 }
+
+// updateBasicLitPos updates lit.Pos,
+// ensuring that lit.End is displaced by the same amount.
+// (See https://go.dev/issue/76395.)
+func updateBasicLitPos(lit *ast.BasicLit, pos token.Pos) {
+	len := lit.End() - lit.Pos()
+	lit.ValuePos = pos
+	if lit.ValueEnd.IsValid() {
+		lit.ValueEnd = pos + len
+	}
+}