diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Transform.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Transform.java
index dbaeb9a9f..93e464127 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Transform.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Transform.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright  2000-2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation
+ * Copyright  2000-2002,2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation
  *
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 /**
  * Has been merged into ExecuteOn, empty class for backwards compatibility.
+ * We leave that in case that external programs access this class direclty,
+ * for example via
+ *   <tt> Transform tr = (Transform) getProject().createTask("apply") </tt>
  *
  * @ant.task ignore="true"
  */
 public class Transform extends ExecuteOn {
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
index e87831021..44dfd69ba 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ant=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant
 antcall=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CallTarget
 antstructure=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.AntStructure
-apply=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteOn
+apply=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Transform
 available=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Available
 basename=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Basename
 buildnumber=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.BuildNumber
@@ -221,4 +221,4 @@ rename=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Rename
 renameext=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.RenameExtensions
 starteam=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.scm.AntStarTeamCheckOut
 style=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.XSLTProcess
-WsdlToDotnet=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.dotnet.WsdlToDotnet
+WsdlToDotnet=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.dotnet.WsdlToDotnet
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