diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/macrodef.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/macrodef.html
index e4d81f665..2e462d805 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/macrodef.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/macrodef.html
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
     <h2><a name="macrodef">MacroDef</a></h2>
     <h3>Description</h3>
     <p>
-      This defines a new task using a &lt;sequential&gt; or &lt;parallel&gt;
+      This defines a new task using a &lt;sequential&gt; 
       nested task as a template. Nested elements &lt;attribute&gt; and
       &lt;element&gt; are used to specify attributes and elements of
       the new task. These get substituted into the  &lt;sequential&gt;
-      or &lt;parallel&gt; task when the new task is run.
+      task when the new task is run.
     </p>
     <p>
       <em>since Ant 1.6</em>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroDef.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroDef.java
index 61548a619..ee35c5513 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroDef.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroDef.java
@@ -96,12 +96,11 @@ public class MacroDef extends AntlibDefinition implements TaskContainer {
      */
     public void addTask(Task nestedTask) {
         if (this.nestedTask != null) {
-            throw new BuildException("Only one sequential/Parallel allowed");
+            throw new BuildException("Only one sequential allowed");
         }
         UnknownElement ue = (UnknownElement) nestedTask;
         if (!ue.getNamespace().equals("")
-            || (!ue.getTag().equals("sequential")
-                && !ue.getTag().equals("parallel"))) {
+            || !ue.getTag().equals("sequential")) {
             throw new BuildException("Unsupported tag " + ue.getQName());
         }
         this.nestedTask = ue;