diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadfile.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadfile.html
index 97c12a195..f7befbaa8 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadfile.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadfile.html
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ works on files exclusively and provides a srcFile attribute for
 convenience.  Unless an encoding is specified, the encoding of the
 current locale is used.
 </p>
+<p>If the resource content is empty (maybe after processing a filterchain) 
+the property is not set.</p>
+
 
 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadresource.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadresource.html
index 033d3ad4a..d6c5d75e8 100755
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadresource.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/loadresource.html
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Load a text resource into a single property. Unless an encoding is
 specified, the encoding of the current locale is used.  Resources to
 load are specified as nested <a
 href="../CoreTypes/resources.html">resource</a> elements or single
-element resource collections.
+element resource collections. If the resource content is empty (maybe after
+processing a filterchain) the property is not set.
 </p>
 
 <h3>Parameters</h3>