diff --git a/docs/manual/dirtasks.html b/docs/manual/dirtasks.html
index 1609a3553..d8e8d12d3 100644
--- a/docs/manual/dirtasks.html
+++ b/docs/manual/dirtasks.html
@@ -152,10 +152,13 @@ They are:</p>
 <pre>
      **/*~
      **/#*#
+     **/.#*
      **/%*%
      **/CVS
      **/CVS/**
      **/.cvsignore
+     **/SCCS
+     **/SCCS/**
 </pre>
 <p>If you do not want these default excludes applied, you may disable them with the 
 <code>defaultexcludes=&quot;no&quot;</code> attribute.</p>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
index 227c9cd81..6dfd23a54 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ public class DirectoryScanner implements FileScanner {
     protected final static String[] DEFAULTEXCLUDES = {
         "**/*~",
         "**/#*#",
+        "**/.#*",
         "**/%*%",
         "**/CVS",
         "**/CVS/**",