diff --git a/docs/bindownload.html b/docs/bindownload.html
index 17a85d16d..ced0eb221 100644
--- a/docs/bindownload.html
+++ b/docs/bindownload.html
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@
       Downloading Ant
     </h3>
                         <p>Use the links below to download a binary distribution of Ant from
-one of our mirrors.  You <strong>must</strong> 
-<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a> of the 
-downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
-distribution directory.</p>
+one of our mirrors.  It is good practice to 
+<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a>
+of the distribution files, especially if you are using one of our
+mirror sites.  In order to do this you must use the signatures from
+our <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">main distribution
+directory</a>.</p>
                                 <p>Ant is distributed as <code>zip</code>, <code>tar.gz</code> and
 <code>tar.bz2</code> archives - the contents are the same.  Please
 note that the <code>tar.*</code> archives contain file names longer
diff --git a/docs/srcdownload.html b/docs/srcdownload.html
index 9246100f7..b1d3ad20d 100644
--- a/docs/srcdownload.html
+++ b/docs/srcdownload.html
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@
       Downloading Ant
     </h3>
                         <p>Use the links below to download a source distribution of Ant from
-one of our mirrors.  You <strong>must</strong> 
-<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a> of the 
-downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
-distribution directory.</p>
+one of our mirrors.  It is good practice to 
+<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a>
+of the distribution files, especially if you are using one of our
+mirror sites.  In order to do this you must use the signatures from
+our <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">main distribution
+directory</a>.</p>
                                 <p>Ant is distributed as <code>zip</code>, <code>tar.gz</code> and
 <code>tar.bz2</code> archives - the contents are the same.  Please
 note that the <code>tar.*</code> archives contain file names longer
diff --git a/xdocs/bindownload.xml b/xdocs/bindownload.xml
index 02d58fad8..983c29c40 100644
--- a/xdocs/bindownload.xml
+++ b/xdocs/bindownload.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 <section name="Downloading Ant">
 
 <p>Use the links below to download a binary distribution of Ant from
-one of our mirrors.  You <strong>must</strong> 
-<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a> of the 
-downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
-distribution directory.</p>
+one of our mirrors.  It is good practice to 
+<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a>
+of the distribution files, especially if you are using one of our
+mirror sites.  In order to do this you must use the signatures from
+our <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">main distribution
+directory</a>.</p>
 
 <p>Ant is distributed as <code>zip</code>, <code>tar.gz</code> and
 <code>tar.bz2</code> archives - the contents are the same.  Please
diff --git a/xdocs/srcdownload.xml b/xdocs/srcdownload.xml
index 8b8cd1160..10a158cf5 100644
--- a/xdocs/srcdownload.xml
+++ b/xdocs/srcdownload.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 <section name="Downloading Ant">
 
 <p>Use the links below to download a source distribution of Ant from
-one of our mirrors.  You <strong>must</strong> 
-<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a> of the 
-downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
-distribution directory.</p>
+one of our mirrors.  It is good practice to 
+<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a>
+of the distribution files, especially if you are using one of our
+mirror sites.  In order to do this you must use the signatures from
+our <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">main distribution
+directory</a>.</p>
 
 <p>Ant is distributed as <code>zip</code>, <code>tar.gz</code> and
 <code>tar.bz2</code> archives - the contents are the same.  Please