diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html
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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ systems.</p>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">failonerror</td>
     <td valign="top">Stop the buildprocess if the command exits with a
-      returncode other than 0.</td>
+      returncode other than 0. Defaults to false</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>