--- realdocs/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html	Mon Jul 30 05:05:14 2001
+++ docs/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html	Tue Jul 31 10:51:24 2001
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 (package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers). Supply the full
 classname in the &quot;build.compiler&quot; property.
 </p>
+<p>The fork attribute overrides the build.compiler setting and expects
+a JDK1.1 or higher to be set in java.home.
+</p>
 <p>This task will drop all entries that point to non-existant
 files/directories from the CLASSPATH it passes to the compiler.</p>
 <h3>Parameters</h3>
@@ -172,6 +175,12 @@
       libraries from the executing VM; defaults to <code>no</code>.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">fork</td> 
+    <td valign="top">whether to execute Javac using the JDK compiler externally;
+    defaults to <code>no</code>.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
+  </tr>  
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">failonerror</td> <td valign="top">
         indicates whether the build will continue even if there are compilation errors; defaults to <code>true</code>.
