diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 8af756e45..7054b8a13 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
 * MacroInstance did not clean up nested elements correctly in the execute method, causing
   multiple use of the same macro instance with nested elements to fail.
 
+* checksum fileext property doc wrong. Bugzilla 30787.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.1 to Ant 1.6.2
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html
index 230a13961..76898dcc2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ perform checksum verifications.
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">fileext</td>
     <td valign="top">The generated checksum file's name will be the
-    original filename with &quot;.&quot; and fileext added to it.
-    Defaults to the algorithm name being used.
+    original filename with the fileext added to it.
+    Defaults to a "." and the algorithm name being used.
     </td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
   </tr>