diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
index 5cc4579dc..3e2a6ff7b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
      * file's immediate parent as the basedir, for tasks that need one.
      * @param fileProvider input
      * @return fileProvider if it is a FileResource instance, or a new FileResource with fileProvider's file.
+     * @since Ant 1.8
      */
     public static FileResource asFileResource(FileProvider fileProvider) {
         if (fileProvider instanceof FileResource || fileProvider == null) {