diff --git a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
index 29e5abc95..5513d6094 100644
--- a/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
+++ b/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/ftp.html
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ This task does not currently use the proxy information set by the
 <a href="setproxy.html">&lt;setproxy&gt;</a> task, and cannot go through
 a firewall via socks. 
 <p>
+<b>Use of the FTP task with Microsoft FTP servers
+</b>
+<p>
+To use the FTP task with Microsoft FTP servers, you need a build of commons-net and of
+jakarta-oro coming from the CVS HEAD of these two projects.
+It is expected that the commons-net 1.2.0 release will fix these issues.
+</p>
 <b>Warning: </b> there have been problems reported concerning the ftp get with newer attribute.
 Problems might be due to format of ls -l differing from what is expected by commons-net,
 for instance due to specificities of langage used by the ftp server in the directory listing.
diff --git a/docs/manual/install.html b/docs/manual/install.html
index 3c69cba4d..548cdb686 100644
--- a/docs/manual/install.html
+++ b/docs/manual/install.html
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ Installing Ant / Optional Tasks</a> section above.</p>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>jakarta-oro-2.0.7.jar</td>
-    <td>regexp type with mappers and the perforce tasks</td>
+    <td>regexp type with mappers and the perforce tasks<br>
+    For the use of the FTP task together with MS FTP servers,
+    you need a fresh build of jakarta-oro coming from CVS HEAD</td>
     <td><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/" target="_top">http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/</a></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
@@ -399,7 +401,10 @@ Installing Ant / Optional Tasks</a> section above.</p>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>commons-net.jar</td>
-    <td>ftp, rexec and telnet tasks</td>
+    <td>ftp, rexec and telnet tasks<br>
+    In order to interact successfully with a MS FTP server, you need a build of commons-net coming from the commons-net CVS Head.<br>
+    You will also need a build of jakarta-oro coming from the CVS HEAD.<br>
+    </td>
     <td><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/net/index.html"
            target="_top">http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/net/index.html</a></td>
   </tr>