diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index ded67de20..2667bec41 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1213,9 +1213,9 @@
         <exclude name="${dist.name}/bin/*.py"/>
       </tarfileset>
     </tar>
-    <gzip zipfile="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar.gz"
+    <gzip destfile="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar.gz"
           src="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar"/>
-    <bzip2 zipfile="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar.bz2"
+    <bzip2 destfile="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar.bz2"
            src="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar"/>
     <delete file="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar"/>
     <delete dir="${dist.name}"/>
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@
         <exclude name="${dist.name}/build.sh"/>
       </tarfileset>
     </tar>
-    <gzip zipfile="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar.gz"
+    <gzip destfile="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar.gz"
           src="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar"/>
-    <bzip2 zipfile="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar.bz2"
+    <bzip2 destfile="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar.bz2"
            src="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar"/>
     <delete file="${dist.base}/src/${dist.name}-src.tar"/>
     <delete dir="${dist.name}"/>
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pack.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pack.html
index 717aa0d0d..ab21952ab 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pack.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/pack.html
@@ -24,21 +24,25 @@ file is newer.</p>
     <td valign="top">the file to gzip/bzip.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">destfile</td>
+    <td valign="top">the destination file to create.</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2">Exactly one of the two.</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">zipfile</td>
-    <td valign="top">the destination file.</td>
-    <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
+    <td valign="top">the <i>deprecated</i> old name of destfile.</td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 <h3>Examples</h3>
 <blockquote>
-  <p><code>&lt;gzip src=&quot;test.tar&quot; zipfile=&quot;test.tar.gz&quot;/&gt;</code></p>
+  <p><code>&lt;gzip src=&quot;test.tar&quot; destfile=&quot;test.tar.gz&quot;/&gt;</code></p>
 </blockquote>
 <blockquote>
-  <p><code>&lt;bzip2 src=&quot;test.tar&quot; zipfile=&quot;test.tar.bz2&quot;/&gt;</code></p>
+  <p><code>&lt;bzip2 src=&quot;test.tar&quot; destfile=&quot;test.tar.bz2&quot;/&gt;</code></p>
 </blockquote>
 <hr>
-<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000-2002 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
+<p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2000-2003 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
 Reserved.</p>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/war.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/war.html
index 833557471..004d387c0 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/war.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/war.html
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ attributes of zipfilesets in a Zip or Jar task.)</p>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">destfile</td>
     <td valign="top">the WAR file to create.</td>
-    <td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2">Exactly one of the two.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">warfile</td>
     <td valign="top"><i>Deprecated<i> name of the file to create
     -use <tt>destfile</tt> instead.</td>
-    <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
   </tr>      
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">webxml</td>
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/zip.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/zip.html
index dcdaabc8e..b106a84d4 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/zip.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/zip.html
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ versions of zip and unzip for many Unix and Unix-like systems.</p>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">destfile</td>
     <td valign="top">the zip-file to create.</td>
-    <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
+    <td align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2">Exactly one of the two.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">zipfile</td>
     <td valign="top">the <i>deprecated</i> old name of destfile.</td>
-    <td align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">basedir</td>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java
index 3bc0d55f6..10c04c472 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Pack.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ public abstract class Pack extends Task {
         this.zipFile = zipFile;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * the required destination file.
+     * @param zipFile
+     */
+    public void setDestfile(File zipFile) {
+        setZipfile(zipFile);
+    }
+
     /**
      * the file to compress; required.
      * @param src