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@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ the current Ant version in <code>ANT_HOME</code>.</p>
 <p>The following libraries are needed in your CLASSPATH or in the
 install directory's <code>lib</code> directory if you are using the
 indicated feature. Note that only one of the regexp libraries is
-needed for use with the mappers. You will also need to install the
+needed for use with the mappers
+(and Java 1.4 and higher includes a regexp implementation which
+Ant will find automatically).
+You will also need to install the
 Ant optional jar containing the task definitions to make these
 tasks available. Please refer to the <a href="#optionalTasks">
 Installing Ant / Optional Tasks</a> section above.</p>