diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/tstamp.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/tstamp.html
index 115d2c5f0..bb98da671 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/tstamp.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/tstamp.html
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ The format element also allows offsets to be applied to the time to generate dif
     </td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">locale</td>
+    <td valign="top">The locale used to create date/time string. The general
+      form is "language, country, variant" but either variant or variant and
+      country may be omitted. For more information please refer to documentation
+      for the 
+      <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html">Locale</a>
+      class.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 <h3>Examples</h3>
@@ -92,13 +102,13 @@ sets the standard <code>DSTAMP</code>, <code>TSTAMP</code>,
 and <code>TODAY</code> properties according to the default formats.</p>
 <pre>
   &lt;tstamp&gt;
-    &lt;format property=&quot;TODAY_UK&quot; pattern=&quot;d-MMMM-yyyy&quot;/&gt;
+    &lt;format property=&quot;TODAY_UK&quot; pattern=&quot;d-MMMM-yyyy&quot; locale=&quot;en&quot;/&gt;
   &lt;/tstamp&gt;
 </pre>
 <p>
 sets the standard properties as well as the property
 <code>TODAY_UK</code> with the date/time pattern &quot;d-MMMM-yyyy&quot;
-(eg., 21-May-2001).
+using English locale (eg. 21-May-2001).
 
 <pre>
   &lt;tstamp&gt;