diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index f1cd421fe..5c1b0b970 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ Fixed bugs:
    resources but not filesets.
    Bugzilla Report 48035. 
 
+ * <sshexec>'s outputproperty was prefixed by the executed command
+   when the command attribute has been used, breaking backwards
+   compatibility to Ant 1.7.0.
+   Bugzilla Report 48040.
+
 Other changes:
 --------------
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/sshexec.html b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/sshexec.html
index c8aa6ff42..4b8a85544 100644
--- a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/sshexec.html
+++ b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/sshexec.html
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ and won't work with versions of jsch earlier than
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">outputproperty</td>
     <td valign="top">The name of a property in which the output of the 
-      command should be stored.</td>
+      command should be stored.  If you use the commandResource
+      attribute, each command's output will be prefixed by the
+      command itself.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ and won't work with versions of jsch earlier than
     <td valign="top">A file from which the executed command's standard
       input is taken. This attribute is mutually exclusive with the
       inputstring attribute.<br/>
-      When executing more than one command via commandRessource, input
+      When executing more than one command via commandResource, input
       will be read for each command.
       <em>since Ant 1.8.0</em></td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ and won't work with versions of jsch earlier than
     <td valign="top">A string which serves as the input stream for the
       executed command. This attribute is mutually exclusive with the
       input attribute.<br/>
-      When executing more than one command via commandRessource, input
+      When executing more than one command via commandResource, input
       will be read for each command.
       <em>since Ant 1.8.0</em></td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java
index 481ffe5f1..7bbc1499d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/SSHExec.java
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ public class SSHExec extends SSHBase {
             /* called once */
             if (command != null) {
                 log("cmd : " + command, Project.MSG_INFO);
-                output.append(command).append(" : ");
                 executeCommand(session, command, output);
             } else { // read command resource and execute for each command
                 try {