diff --git a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ejb.html b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ejb.html
index 39d07dd44..63e06d334 100644
--- a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ejb.html
+++ b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ejb.html
@@ -1007,6 +1007,12 @@ are useful when setting up class paths using reference Ids.</p>
 
 <h3>TOPLink for Weblogic element</h3>
 
+<p><b><i>Deprecated</i></b></p>
+
+<p>The toplink element is no longer required. Toplink beans can now be built with the standard
+weblogic element, as long as the newCMP attribute is set to &quot;true&quot;
+</p>
+
 <p>The TopLink element is used to handle beans which use Toplink for the CMP operations. It
 is derived from the standard weblogic element so it supports the same set of attributes plus these
 additional attributes</p>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/EjbJar.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/EjbJar.java
index eb7d19b45..8c866fa57 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/EjbJar.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ejb/EjbJar.java
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ public class EjbJar extends MatchingTask {
      * @return the deployment tool instance to be configured.
      */
     public WeblogicTOPLinkDeploymentTool createWeblogictoplink() {
+        log("The <weblogictoplink> element is no longer required. Please use "
+            + "the <weblogic> element and set newCMP=\"true\"", 
+            Project.MSG_INFO); 
         WeblogicTOPLinkDeploymentTool tool 
             = new WeblogicTOPLinkDeploymentTool();
         tool.setTask(this);