diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0f4ff5a6c8..2dec88899a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ v 8.2.0 (unreleased)
   - Add "New file" link to dropdown on project page
   - Include commit logs in project search
   - Add "added", "modified" and "removed" properties to commit object in webhook
+  - Rename "Back to" links to "Go to" because its not always a case it point to place user come from
 
 v 8.1.1
   - Fix cloning Wiki repositories via HTTP (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_group.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_group.html.haml
index eb35af22b9..319352876b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_group.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_group.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-sidebar
   = nav_link do
-    = link_to root_path, title: 'Back to dashboard', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
+    = link_to root_path, title: 'Go to dashboard', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
       = icon('caret-square-o-left fw')
       %span
-        Back to dashboard
+        Go to dashboard
 
   %li.separate-item
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_group_settings.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_group_settings.html.haml
index 8075fe32fb..c8411521f3 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_group_settings.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_group_settings.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-sidebar
   = nav_link do
-    = link_to group_path(@group), title: 'Back to group', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
+    = link_to group_path(@group), title: 'Go to group', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
       = icon('caret-square-o-left fw')
       %span
-        Back to group
+        Go to group
 
   %li.separate-item
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_profile.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_profile.html.haml
index 5a47b8e6db..0f3a793e30 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_profile.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_profile.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-sidebar
   = nav_link do
-    = link_to root_path, title: 'Back to dashboard', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
+    = link_to root_path, title: 'Go to dashboard', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
       = icon('caret-square-o-left fw')
       %span
-        Back to dashboard
+        Go to dashboard
 
   %li.separate-item
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml
index 53a913fe8f..20db2866d1 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_project.html.haml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-sidebar
   - if @project.group
     = nav_link do
-      = link_to group_path(@project.group), title: 'Back to group', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
+      = link_to group_path(@project.group), title: 'Go to group', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
         = icon('caret-square-o-left fw')
         %span
-          Back to group
+          Go to group
   - else
     = nav_link do
-      = link_to root_path, title: 'Back to dashboard', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
+      = link_to root_path, title: 'Go to dashboard', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
         = icon('caret-square-o-left fw')
         %span
-          Back to dashboard
+          Go to dashboard
 
   %li.separate-item
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_project_settings.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_project_settings.html.haml
index 356ce09c3d..a59939ccd3 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_project_settings.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_project_settings.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-sidebar
   = nav_link do
-    = link_to project_path(@project), title: 'Back to project', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
+    = link_to project_path(@project), title: 'Go to project', data: {placement: 'right'}, class: 'back-link' do
       = icon('caret-square-o-left fw')
       %span
-        Back to project
+        Go to project
 
   %li.separate-item
 
diff --git a/features/steps/groups.rb b/features/steps/groups.rb
index 69ddfa42c0..70388c18fc 100644
--- a/features/steps/groups.rb
+++ b/features/steps/groups.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::Groups < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   include Select2Helper
 
   step 'I should see back to dashboard button' do
-    expect(page).to have_content 'Back to dashboard'
+    expect(page).to have_content 'Go to dashboard'
   end
 
   step 'gitlab user "Mike"' do
diff --git a/features/steps/project/project.rb b/features/steps/project/project.rb
index d76891d5bd..9ca7c8ebbc 100644
--- a/features/steps/project/project.rb
+++ b/features/steps/project/project.rb
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ class Spinach::Features::Project < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   end
 
   step 'I should see back to dashboard button' do
-    expect(page).to have_content 'Back to dashboard'
+    expect(page).to have_content 'Go to dashboard'
   end
 
   step 'I should see back to group button' do
-    expect(page).to have_content 'Back to group'
+    expect(page).to have_content 'Go to group'
   end
 
   step 'I click notifications drop down button' do
diff --git a/features/steps/shared/project_tab.rb b/features/steps/shared/project_tab.rb
index c67e5e4a06..33ff7084e3 100644
--- a/features/steps/shared/project_tab.rb
+++ b/features/steps/shared/project_tab.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module SharedProjectTab
 
   step 'the active main tab should be Settings' do
     page.within '.nav-sidebar' do
-      expect(page).to have_content('Back to project')
+      expect(page).to have_content('Go to project')
     end
   end