diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 2a2277d66..91e8481e6 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ Other changes:
 * New task <getlibraries> can retrieve library files from a maven repository.
 
 * unzip/unwar/unjar/untar now supports a nested mapper, which lets you unzip
-  in useful ways. 
+  in useful ways.
+
+* Junit task -- display suite first.
+  Bugzilla report 31962.
 
 Changes from Ant 1.6.2 to current Ant 1.6 CVS version
 =====================================================
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BriefJUnitResultFormatter.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BriefJUnitResultFormatter.java
index c75baaa84..ee32e0af8 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BriefJUnitResultFormatter.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/BriefJUnitResultFormatter.java
@@ -94,19 +94,27 @@ public class BriefJUnitResultFormatter implements JUnitResultFormatter {
 
     /**
      * The whole testsuite started.
+     * @param suite the test suite
      */
-    public void startTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) throws BuildException {
+    public void startTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) {
+        if (output == null) {
+            return; // Quick return - no output do nothing.
+        }
+        String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("Testsuite: ");
+        sb.append(suite.getName());
+        sb.append(newLine);
+        output.write(sb.toString());
+        output.flush();
     }
 
     /**
      * The whole testsuite ended.
+     * @param suite the test suite
      */
-    public void endTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) throws BuildException {
+    public void endTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) {
         String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
-        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("Testsuite: ");
-        sb.append(suite.getName());
-        sb.append(newLine);
-        sb.append("Tests run: ");
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("Tests run: ");
         sb.append(suite.runCount());
         sb.append(", Failures: ");
         sb.append(suite.failureCount());
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java
index 5cdcd95e8..ffcc8aab2 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java
@@ -81,20 +81,34 @@ public class PlainJUnitResultFormatter implements JUnitResultFormatter {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Empty.
+     * The whole testsuite started.
+     * @param suite the test suite
+     * @throws BuildException if unable to write the output
      */
-    public void startTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) {
+    public void startTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) throws BuildException {
+        if (out == null) {
+            return; // Quick return - no output do nothing.
+        }
+        String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("Testsuite: ");
+        sb.append(suite.getName());
+        sb.append(newLine);
+        try {
+            out.write(sb.toString().getBytes());
+            out.flush();
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw new BuildException("Unable to write output", ex);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * The whole testsuite ended.
+     * @param suite the test suite
+     * @throws BuildException if unable to write the output
      */
     public void endTestSuite(JUnitTest suite) throws BuildException {
         String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
-        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("Testsuite: ");
-        sb.append(suite.getName());
-        sb.append(newLine);
-        sb.append("Tests run: ");
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("Tests run: ");
         sb.append(suite.runCount());
         sb.append(", Failures: ");
         sb.append(suite.failureCount());