diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 8e363ff4f..a92f7b95b 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -646,6 +646,10 @@ Other changes:
    full filesystem.
    Bugzilla Report 32676.
 
+ * <pathconvert> has a new preserveduplicates attribute--historically
+   these were eliminated in the interest of behaving in the manner
+   of a "path."
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pathconvert.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pathconvert.html
index 097963c43..55d5c2c63 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pathconvert.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pathconvert.html
@@ -90,11 +90,17 @@ drive letters to Unix paths, and vice-versa.</p>
     <td valign="top" align="center">No; if omitted, a nested
         <code>&lt;path&gt;</code> element must be supplied.</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
     <td valign="top">setonempty</td>
     <td valign="top">Should the property be set, even if the result
       is the empty string?
     <td valign="top" align="center">No; default is &quot;true&quot;.
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">preserveduplicates</td>
+    <td valign="top">Whether to preserve duplicate resources. <b>Since Ant 1.8</b></td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">No; default &quot;false&quot;.
+  </tr>
 </table>
 <h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
 <h4>map</h4>