diff --git a/docs/external.html b/docs/external.html
index 84477148c..db4ce7f41 100644
--- a/docs/external.html
+++ b/docs/external.html
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@
       information to one of the mailing lists.  For details, see the
       <a href="faq.html#adding-external-tasks">FAQ</a>.</p>
                                 <p>Nothing listed here is directly supported by the Ant
-      developers, if you encounter any problems with them, please use
+      developers (therefore '<i>external</i> tools and tasks'),
+      if you encounter any problems with them, please use
       the contact information.</p>
                         <h3 class="section">
       <a name="Tasks"></a>
diff --git a/xdocs/external.xml b/xdocs/external.xml
index 1b0ec618e..e25381733 100644
--- a/xdocs/external.xml
+++ b/xdocs/external.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
       <a href="faq.html#adding-external-tasks">FAQ</a>.</p>
 
       <p>Nothing listed here is directly supported by the Ant
-      developers, if you encounter any problems with them, please use
+      developers (therefore '<i>external</i> tools and tasks'),
+      if you encounter any problems with them, please use
       the contact information.</p>
 
     </section>