diff --git a/docs/external.html b/docs/external.html
index f53178439..9eab9e62c 100644
--- a/docs/external.html
+++ b/docs/external.html
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
                         <p>This page lists external resources for Apache Ant: tasks, IDE
       integration tools, loggers, you name it. If you've written
       something that should be included, please post all relevant
-      information to one of the mailing lists.</p>
+      information to one of the mailing lists.  For details, see the
+      <a href="faq.html#adding-external-tasks">FAQ</a>.</p>
                                 <p>Nothing listed here is directly supported by the Ant
       developers, if you encounter any problems with them, please use
       the contact information.</p>
diff --git a/xdocs/external.xml b/xdocs/external.xml
index 051485852..7c6225378 100644
--- a/xdocs/external.xml
+++ b/xdocs/external.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
       <p>This page lists external resources for Apache Ant: tasks, IDE
       integration tools, loggers, you name it. If you've written
       something that should be included, please post all relevant
-      information to one of the mailing lists.</p>
+      information to one of the mailing lists.  For details, see the
+      <a href="faq.html#adding-external-tasks">FAQ</a>.</p>
 
       <p>Nothing listed here is directly supported by the Ant
       developers, if you encounter any problems with them, please use