diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 4c825173a..5898c6513 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Other changes:
  * javadoc task will now look for warning messages in the STDERR stream too
    when "failonwarning" is set to true to account for changes in JDK 17+
 
+ * The tar task now preserves symlinks of nested tarfilesets.
+   Github Pull Request #142
+
 Changes from Ant 1.10.10 TO Ant 1.10.11
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/TarResource.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/TarResource.java
index 96db041dc..2c4440101 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/TarResource.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/TarResource.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class TarResource extends ArchiveResource {
 
     /**
      * @return the link "name" (=path) of this entry; an empty string if this is no link
-     * @since 1.10.10
+     * @since 1.10.12
      */
     public String getLinkName() {
         return linkName;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class TarResource extends ArchiveResource {
 
     /**
      * @return the link "flag" (=type) of this entry
-     * @since 1.10.10
+     * @since 1.10.12
      */
     public byte getLinkFlag() {
         return linkFlag;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarEntry.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarEntry.java
index ab0212022..a47b25689 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/tar/TarEntry.java
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ public class TarEntry implements TarConstants {
      * Get this entry's link flag.
      *
      * @return This entry's link flag.
+     * @since 1.10.12
      */
     public byte getLinkFlag() {
         return linkFlag;
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@ public class TarEntry implements TarConstants {
      * Set this entry's link flag.
      *
      * @param link the link flag to use.
+     * @since 1.10.12
      */
     public void setLinkFlag(byte linkFlag) {
         this.linkFlag = linkFlag;