diff --git a/manual/Tasks/copy.html b/manual/Tasks/copy.html
index d1b8ff2a4..2e391164b 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/copy.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/copy.html
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
 <h3>Description</h3>
 <p>Copies a file or resource collection to a new file or directory.  By default, files are
 only copied if the source file is newer than the destination file,
-or when the destination file does not exist.  However, you can explicitly
+or when the destination file does not exist - please see
+the <code>granularity</code> attribute for Ant's idea
+of <em>newer</em>.
+However, you can explicitly
 overwrite files with the <code>overwrite</code> attribute.</p>
 
 <p><a href="../Types/resources.html#collection">Resource
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/move.html b/manual/Tasks/move.html
index c4f931ad9..3692c9dea 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/move.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/move.html
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 a new directory.  By default, the
 destination file is overwritten if it already exists.  When <var>overwrite</var> is
 turned off, then files are only moved if the source file is newer than
-the destination file, or when the destination file does not exist.</p>
+the destination file, or when the destination file does not exist
+- please see the <code>granularity</code> attribute for Ant's idea
+of <em>newer</em>.</p>
 
 <p><a href="../Types/resources.html#collection">Resource
 Collection</a>s are used to select a group of files to move.  Only
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/selectors/SelectorUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/selectors/SelectorUtils.java
index a2804c2ee..9b3749020 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/selectors/SelectorUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/selectors/SelectorUtils.java
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ public final class SelectorUtils {
      *
      * @param src the original file
      * @param target the file being compared against
-     * @param granularity the amount in seconds of slack we will give in
+     * @param granularity the amount in milliseconds of slack we will give in
      *        determining out of dateness
      * @return whether the target is out of date
      */
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ public final class SelectorUtils {
      *
      * @param src the original resource
      * @param target the resource being compared against
-     * @param granularity the int amount in seconds of slack we will give in
+     * @param granularity the int amount in milliseconds of slack we will give in
      *        determining out of dateness
      * @return whether the target is out of date
      */
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ public final class SelectorUtils {
      *
      * @param src the original resource
      * @param target the resource being compared against
-     * @param granularity the long amount in seconds of slack we will give in
+     * @param granularity the long amount in milliseconds of slack we will give in
      *        determining out of dateness
      * @return whether the target is out of date
      */