diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/signjar.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/signjar.html
index 55b6e0662..30dade65c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/signjar.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/signjar.html
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ tool detailed dependency checking: files are only signed if they
 are not signed. The <tt>signjar</tt> attribute can point to the file to
 generate; if this file exists then
 its modification date is used as a cue as to whether to resign any JAR file.
-<br>
-<strong>Note:</strong> Requires Java 1.2 or later. </p>
+</p>
 
 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
@@ -27,7 +26,8 @@ its modification date is used as a cue as to whether to resign any JAR file.
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">jar</td>
     <td valign="top">the jar file to sign</td>
-    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes.</td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes, unless nested filesets have
+      been used.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">alias</td>
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ block</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">fileset</td>
-    <td valign="top">fileset of JAR files to sign</td>
+    <td valign="top">fileset of JAR files to sign.  Will be ignored if
+      the jar attribute of the task has been set.</td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
   </tr>
 </table>
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ alias=&quot;apache-group&quot; storepass=&quot;secret&quot;/&gt;</code></p>
 <p>signs the ant.jar with alias &quot;apache-group&quot; accessing the
 keystore and private key via &quot;secret&quot; password.</p>
 <hr>
-<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000-2002 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
+<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000-2003 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
 Reserved.</p>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
index 461416190..9ff1ddef4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SignJar.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.util.JavaEnvUtils;
@@ -235,16 +236,19 @@ public class SignJar extends Task {
      * sign the jar(s)
      */
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
-        if (null == jar && null == filesets) {
+        if (null == jar && filesets.size() == 0) {
             throw new BuildException("jar must be set through jar attribute "
                                      + "or nested filesets");
         }
         if (null != jar) {
+            if (filesets.size() != 0) {
+                log("nested filesets will be ignored if the jar attribute has"
+                    + " been specified.", Project.MSG_WARN);
+            }
+            
             doOneJar(jar, signedjar);
             return;
         } else {
-            //Assume null != filesets
-
             // deal with the filesets
             for (int i = 0; i < filesets.size(); i++) {
                 FileSet fs = (FileSet) filesets.elementAt(i);
@@ -262,10 +266,6 @@ public class SignJar extends Task {
      */
     private void doOneJar(File jarSource, File jarTarget)
         throws BuildException {
-        if (JavaEnvUtils.isJavaVersion(JavaEnvUtils.JAVA_1_1)) {
-            throw new BuildException("The signjar task is only available on "
-                                     + "JDK versions 1.2 or greater");
-        }
 
         if (null == alias) {
             throw new BuildException("alias attribute must be set");
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public class SignJar extends Task {
         }
 
         if (isUpToDate(jarSource, jarTarget)) {
-          return;
+            return;
         }
 
         final ExecTask cmd = (ExecTask) getProject().createTask("exec");